Given the dimensions of 72 yards by 1.5 yards, we can find that the total area of material the manufacturer has is 72 x 1.5 = 108 sq. yards. Dividing this by the 2.7 sq. yards required per shirt, they can make 108/2.7 = 40 shirts.
There really isn't any distributing done, as the perimeter is the total length of the shape, and since this is a rectangle it has two two equal sides, 7+7=14 and 13+13=26, 14+26=40 inches
Remember PEMDAS is the order of operations. parenthesis,exponents,multiply,divide,add,subtract. so -8x-4x is -12x. now simplified the problem is 3(9-12x) + 8(3x+4)=11 . now I would distribute the numbers before the parentheses and it becomes 27-36x + 24x+32 =11 . now combine like terms. 59-12x =11 . subtract 59 on both sides. -12x=-48. divide -12 on both sides. x=4. :-)
Answer and working out attached, hope this helps
A picture types of the models would be helpful.. but they could be found in a rectangular shape or square such as width=2 and length =12 vise versa or w=4 and length = 6 , etc etc