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Each pants leg on page 8 has an opening with a circumference of 8.5 inches. It took 15 stitches to make 3 inches in width. How many stitches make up the circumference, rounded to the nearest stitch?

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Answer:

43 stitches.

Explanation:

We have been given that each pant's leg has an opening with a circumference of 8.5 inches. It took 15 stitches to make 3 inches in width. We are asked to find the number of stitches required to make up the circumference.

Let us find stitches needed to make 1 inch by dividing 15 by 3.


\text{Stitches needed to make 1 inch}=(15)/(3)


\text{Stitches needed to make 1 inch}=5

Since 5 stitches make 1 inch, so to find stitches needed to make 8.5 inches, we will multiply 8.5 by 5 as:


\text{Stitches needed to make 8.5 inches}=5* 8.5


\text{Stitches needed to make 8.5 inches}=42.5

Upon rounding to nearest stitch, we will get:


\text{Stitches needed to make 8.5 inches}\approx 43

Therefore, 43 stitches will make up the circumference.

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