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Ryan makes 6 backpacks. he uses 3 4 yard of cloth to make each backpack. what is the total amount of cloth, in yards, ryan uses to make all 6 backpacks? enter your answer in the space provided. enter only your answer.

User Nick Dima
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To get the total amount of yards required to make 6 backpacks we proceed as follows:
1 backpack requires 3/4 yards, thus 6 backpacks will require:
(6/1)*3/4
=4 1/2
=4.5 yards
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