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Perry has 22 and 3/5 yards of upholestry fabric and 17 1/2 of drapery yards of drapery fabric he cuts the upholestry fabric into 3 1/5 yard pieces and the drapery fabric into 1 5/6 yard pieces how many more drapery pieces than upholestry pieces does perry have

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Final answer:

Perry has 2 more drapery pieces than upholstery pieces.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many more drapery pieces than upholstery pieces Perry has, we need to calculate the number of pieces he can cut from each type of fabric.

Perry has 22 and 3/5 yards of upholstery fabric.

Divide this by 3 and 1/5 (the length of each upholstery piece) to find the number of upholstery pieces: 22 and 3/5 ÷ 3 and 1/5 = 6.

Perry has 17 and 1/2 yards of drapery fabric.

Divide this by 1 and 5/6 (the length of each drapery piece) to find the number of drapery pieces: 17 and 1/2 ÷ 1 and 5/6 = 8.

To find the difference between the number of drapery pieces and upholstery pieces, subtract the number of upholstery pieces from the number of drapery pieces: 8 - 6 = 2.

Perry has 2 more drapery pieces than upholstery pieces.

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