Question

Find the number of shirts that can be stitched from 25 3/5 m of cloth if 3 1/5 m of cloth is required for stitching one shirt.

Answer 1

Answer:

8

Step-by-step explanation:

number of shirts which can be stitched from 3  1/5 m cloth = 1 shirt

=> number of shirts which can be stitched from 16/5 m cloth = 1 shirt

=> number of shirts which can be stitched from ( 16/5 ) x ( 5/16 ) m cloth = 1 x 5/16 shirt  [  multiply by 5/16 on both sides]

=> number of shirts which can be stitched from 1 m cloth = 5/16 shirt

=> number of shirts which can be stitched from 1 x ( 25  3/5 ) m cloth = ( 5/16) x ( 25  3/5 ) shirts [ multiply by 25  3/5 on both sides ]

=> number of shirts which can be stitched from 25  3/5 m cloth =

( 5/16 ) x (25  3/5) shirts

= 5/16  x  128/5

= 128/16

= 8

therefore 8 shirts can be stitched from 25  3/5 m cloth