Question

Maribelle uses x yards of material to make a quilt. A customer requests 5 quilts that are 20% larger than the normal pattern. Write an expression to represent the total yards of material needed for the requested quilts in two different ways?

Answer 1

i. 5(x + 0.2x) yards

ii. 6x yards

Explanation:

Since the requested quilts are 20% larger than the normal pattern, then;

20% of x = 0.2 x

Thus,the yards of material to make each of the requested quilts increased by 0.2x yards.

So that;

To make one of the requested quilt, the yards required = x + 0.2x

For 5 requested quilts, the total yards required = 5(x + 0.2x)

Total yards of material for the requested quilts is 5(x + 0.2x).

Also,

5(x + 0.2x) = 5x + 5(0.2x)

= 5x + x

= 6x

Thus, the total yards required is 5(x + 0.2x) or 6x.