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Mary is making some shirts for her school drama department the fabric has 3 1/6 yards of the fabric she wants in stock but this quantity of fabric can make only 1 1/3 shirts. What length of fabric does Mary need to buy if she wants to sew 2 shirts

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3 1/6 yards of fabric make = 1/3 of a shirt
(19/6 * 3) = 12 1/2 yards of fabric make one shirt.
So 25 yards make 2 shirts.
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