Question

You buy 1 1/4 yards of fabric and $8 clothing pattern. Your total cost with a 6% sales tax added is $18.55. What is the cost per yard of fabric?

Answer 1

Answer: The fabric costs $7.60 per yard.

Step-by-step explanation: First we can divide it by 106 then multiply it by 100 to get rid of the 6% sales tax, which now the cost of the stuff is $17.50. 

Next, we subtract 8 from this to represent the clothing pattern cost. Now it is $9.50.

The last stap to this is to divide it by 1 1/4 to get the final cost per yard: 

The fabric costs $7.60 per yard.