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Your Assignment Mr. Townsend needs to make 13 pairs of butterfly wings for costumes for a play. Each pair of wings is made with 3/4 yard of fabric. The fabric costs $8 per yard. You'll apply properties of multiplication in the following steps to find the total cost of the fabric.

Your Assignment Mr. Townsend needs to make 13 pairs of butterfly wings for costumes-example-1
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SOLUTION

n = 13 ,

Each pair of wings is made with 3/4 yard of fabric = 3/4 x 13 = (39/ 4) yards

The fabric costs $8 per yard = (39 / 4) x 8 = 39 x 2 = $ 78

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