Question

A tailor has 38.25 m of cloth to stitch 17 shirts. How much cloth is required to stitch 29
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Answer 1

Question:

➢A tailor has 38.25 m of cloth to stitch 17 shirts. How much cloth is required to stitch 29 shirts?

solution:

29 shirts = 65.25m of cloth

Given:

➣A tailor has 38.25 m of cloth to stitch 17 shirts.

To find:

➤How much cloth is required to stitch 29 shirts?

explanation:

➟let us assume the cloth required to stitch 29 shirts as x.

step by step explanation:

$\sf ➟ 17 \: shirts = 38.25$

$\sf➟ 29 \: shirts \: = x$

$\sf ➟17:38.25::29:x$

$\boxed{\sf{product \: of \: means = product \: of \: extremes}}$

$\sf➟38.25 \times 29 = 17 \times x$

$\sf➟x = \frac{38.25 \times 29}{17}$

$\sf ➟ x = \frac{1109.25}{17}$

$\sf \longrightarrow\underline{\underline{\red{\sf{x = 65.25}}}}$

therefore,

➠65.25 m of shirt is required to stitch 29 shirts.