Question

Wanda is dressing up as a witch this year. She is making her own costumes. She needs 9.8 yards of black fabric. fabric cost a 1.74 per yard. How much will she spend on fabric to make her costume?

Answer 1

$17.05 is how much money she will spend to make her costume . you find that out by 9.8x1.74

Answer 2

Wanda will spend $17.052 on fabric to make her costume.

Explanation:

We can use proportion to solve the problem.

The question asks us to find the amount Wanda will spend to buy 9.8 yards of black fabric if a fabric cost $1.74 per yard.

Using proportion;

Let x be the cost of 9.8 yards of black fabric.

$1.74 = 1 yard

x = 9.8 yards

Cross-multiply

x × 1 = 1.74 × 9.8

x = $17.052

Therefore, Wanda will spend $17.052 on fabric to make her costume.