Question

Emma buys 3 2/3 yards of blue fabric and some yellow fabric at a store she buys a total of 5 1/3 yards of fabric the equation 5 1-3=3 2/3+y can be used to represent this situation where y is the number of yards of yellow fabric she buys how much yellow fabric does she buy

Answer 1

5 1/3=3 2/3+ y
16/3=11/3 +y
16/3 - 11/3= 5/3
y=5/3
y= 1 2/3

Answer 2

y= # yellow fabric yards
5 1/3= 3 2/3+ y
Convert to improper fractions
((5*3)+1)/3= ((3*3)+2)/3 + y
16/3=11/3+y
Subtract both sides by 11/3
5/3=y
or
1 2/3=# yellow facric yards

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