Question

Kaya works for a T-shirt company and has 49.5 yards of fabric to make specialty T-shirts. Each T-shirt needs 4.5 yards if fabric and sells for $22.50. How much money can Kaya make using the fabric she has?

Answer 1

$ 247.5 is earned from selling shirts using the fabric she has

Solution:

Given that, Kaya works for a T-shirt company and has 49.5 yards of fabric to make specialty T-shirts

Each T-shirt needs 4.5 yards if fabric and sells for $22.50

To find: Amount earned by using the fabric she has

From given question,

Total yards of fabric = 49.5

Fabric needed for 1 shirt = 4.5 yards

Number of shirts made is given by:

`\text{Number of shirts made} = \frac{\text{Total yards of fabric}}{\text{Fabric needed for 1 shirt}}\\\\\text{Number of shirts made} = (49.5)/(4.5) = 11`

Thus 11 shirts are made

Each shirt is sold for $ 22.50

Cost of 11 shirts = 11 x 22.50 = 247.5

Thus $ 247.5 is earned from selling shirts