Question

A tailor stitches shirts of equal size for school uniform. If he is able to stitch 32 shirts from 28metres of cloth, how much cloth is required for stitching one shirt?

Answer 1

Given data:

The tailor is able to stitch 32 shirts from 28 metres of cloth

To find:

How much cloth is required for stitching one shirt?

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the cloth required for stitching one shirt, we have to divide the total cloth by the number of shirts.

Therefore the cloth required for stitching one shirt

= 28 ÷ 32 m

= (28 × 100) ÷ 32 cm, since 1 m = 100 cm

= 2800 ÷ 32 cm

= 87.5 cm

Final Answer: 87.5 cm

87.5 cm cloth is required for stitching one shirt.