Question

Jorani buys 8 1/3 bolts of fabric. Each bolt has 24 m of fabric. The fabric costs $1.65/m. Determine the total cost of the fabric.

Answer 1

Given:

Total bolts of fabric is:

`\begin{gathered} =8(1)/(3) \\ =(24+1)/(3) \\ =(25)/(3) \end{gathered}`

Each bolt fabric is 24m

So total fabric is:

`\begin{gathered} =(25)/(3)*24 \\ =200 \end{gathered}`

Total fabric is 200m.

If the cost is $1.65/m then 200m cost is:

`\begin{gathered} =200*1.65 \\ =330 \end{gathered}`

Total cost of the fabric is 330