Question

Teresa made a shirt using 5/8 yard of green fab ring and 1/3 years of blue fabric . How many yard of fabric did she use in all

Answer 1

Finding a common denominator …

1/3 * 8 = 8/24
5/8 * 3 = 15/24

8/24 + 15/24 = 23/24

23/24 yards of fabric

Hope this helped!!

Answer 2

`\huge \boxed{ \tt \blue{ (23)/(24) }}`

Explanation:

Is known:

• 5/8 yard of green fab ring
• 1/3 years of blue fabric

Asked:

• fabric did she use in all?

Answered:

`= > (5)/(8) + (1)/(3) = (15 \: + \: 8)/(24) = (23)/(24)`

Conclusion:

So, the cloth he uses is entirely
`\tt (23)/(24)` cloth.