A dress needs 3 1/4 yards of fabric to make. If the matching jacket requires 5/6 less yards of fabric. How much fabric is needed

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miv72 [106K]

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A dress needs 3 1/4 yards of fabric to make. If the matching jacket requires 5/6 less yards of fabric. How much fabric is needed

for both pieces?

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oksian1 [2.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-18T09:31:28+03:00

oksian1 [2.3K]3 years ago

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Fabric needs to make a dress = 3 1/4
fabric needs to make jacket= 3 1/4 - 5/6
= 29/12 or 2 5/12
Hence total fabric needed for both pieces is
= 3 1/4 + 2 5/12
= 68/12 or 5 8/12 or 5 2/3 yards