Question

Please help!! ELEN needs 9 feet of fabric to make a skirt if ELEN has 18 feet of fabric how many skirts can she make?

Answer 1

As 9 feet of fabric are needed for one skirt, and Arlen has double that amount of fabric, she can make two skirts

Answer 2

We can solve this by setting up a proportion:

9 feet/1 skirt= 18 feet/ x skirts
(9)x=(1)(18)
9x=18
x=2

She can make 2 skirts.