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Kate has 4 3/8 yards of fabric and needs 2 7/8 yards to make a skirt how much extra fabric will she have left after making the skirt?

Respuesta :

sqdancefan
(4 3/8) -(2 7/8) = (4 -2) +(3/8 -7/8)
= 2 -4/8
= 1 4/8
= 1 1/2 . . . . yards of fabric left

Answer:  The required quantity of the extra fabric that will be left after making the skirt is 1.5 yards.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Kate has [tex]4\dfrac{3}{8}[/tex] yards of fabric and needs [tex]2\dfrac{7}{8}[/tex] yards to make a skirt.

We are to find the quantity of the extra fabric that will be left after making the skirt.

According to the given information, we have

[tex]\textup{Quantity of fabric that Kate has, }Q_k=4\dfrac{3}{8}=\dfrac{35}{8}~\textup{yards}[/tex]

and

[tex]\textup{Quantity of fabric that needs to make a skirt, }Q_s=2\dfrac{7}{8}=\dfrac{23}{8}~\textup{yards}.[/tex]

Therefore, the quantity of the extra fabric that will be left after making the skirt is given by

[tex]Q\\\\=Q_k-Q_s\\\\=\dfrac{35}{8}-\dfrac{23}{8}\\\\\\=\dfrac{35-23}{8}\\\\\\=\dfrac{12}{8}\\\\\\=\dfrac{3}{2}\\\\=1.5.[/tex]

Thus, the required quantity of the extra fabric that will be left after making the skirt is 1.5 yards.