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Leia cuts congruent triangular patches with an area of 15 square centimeters from a rectangular piece of fabric that is 15 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. How many of the patches can Leia cut
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Leia cuts congruent triangular patches with an area of 15 square centimeters from a rectangular piece of fabric that is 15 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide. How many of the patches can Leia cut from 27 pieces of the fabric?

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This is seventh grade math so if you are not in seventh grade or up, I am not sure if you would be comfortable with this kind of thing

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Answer:

The answer is 243 patches.

Explanation:

Area of a rectangular piece of fabric = 15 × 9 = 135 cm²

Area of 27 pieces of fabric = 135 × 27 = 3645 cm²

Number of patches can be cut from = 3645 ÷ 15 = 243

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