Question

jill is making a long cape she needs 4 1/3 yards of blue fabric for the outside of the cape she needs 3 2/3 yards of purple fabric for the lining of the cape

Answer 1

Hey there, just subtract 4 1/3 from 3 2/3 to get your answer. 4 1/3=13/3 and 3 2/3=11/3, 13*3-11*3/3*3=39-33/9=6/9, 6/9 simplified is 2/3

Answer 2

Jill needs 8 yards of fabric to make a cape.

Explanation:

Givens

• Jill needs 4 1/3 yards of blue fabric for the outside of teh cape.
• Also she needs 3 2/3 yards of purple fabric for the lining.

In order to know the total number of yards Jill needs to make a cape, we first need to transform each mixed number into fraction. We do that multiplying the whole part with the denominator and then adding it to the numerator, as follows

`4(1)/(3)=(13)/(3) \\3(2)/(3)=(11)/(3)`

Then, we sum both fractions

`(13)/(3) +(11)/(3)=(13+11)/(3)=(24)/(3) =8`

Therefore, Jill needs 8 yards of fabric to make a cape.