Question

Karen has 20 pieces of leather for making handbags. Each piece is 9 6/8 inches long.How many inches of leather does she have altogether? Write the final answer in lowestterms.

Answer 1

She has 195 inches of leather

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the entire length of the 20 pieces

From the question, there are 20 pieces, each of 9 6/8 inches length

The length of the 20 is simply the product of the length of 1 of the piece and the total number of pieces

Mathematically, we have this as:

9 6/8 * 20 =

`(78)/(8)*20\text{ = 195 inches}`