Question

Kayla is knitting red sweaters to sell in her online store. The pattern requires 3 ounces of white yarn to trim each sweater. Kayla has 57 ounces of white yarn. How many sweaters can she trim with the yarn she has on hand?

Answer 1

Answer:

She can trim 19 sweaters.

Step-by-step explanation:

Kayla  has a particular pattern in which she needs 3 ounces of white yarn.

That is in order to make a sweater of that particular pattern she requires white wool = 3 ounces

Kayla has total white wool = 57 ounces

one sweater requires = 3 ounces

number of sweater =$\frac{total wool}{wool required for one sweater}$

                              =$\frac{57}{3} = 19$

She can trim 19 sweaters with the Yarn she has on hand