Question

LaTanya buys 5 yards of blue fabric and 8 yards of green fabric. the blue fabric costs $2 more per yard than the green fabric. she pays a total of $62. What would be the cost of 1 yard of blue fabric and 1 yard of green fabric?

Answer 1

To work out this problem it is necessary to have a look at the multiples of

5 and 8.

Multiples of 5 : 10-15-20-25-30

Multiples of 8: 16-24-32

The blue fabric costs $2 more than the green so : 5 yards x 6 = 30

The green fabric is $2 cheaper than the blue so: 8 yards x 4= 32

This amounts to 62 the total of the purchase.

The blue fabric costs $6 a yard and the green costs $ 4 .