Question

Jaquan bought 25 yards of cloth. He used 4.9 yards for a decoration and 10.6 yards to make costumes for the school play. Express the amount of cloth left over as a fraction in simplest form

Answer 1

Answer:

$left\ cloth = \frac{19}{2}\ yard\ or\ 9.5\ yard$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the left cloth

Given:

Jaquan bought 25 yards of cloth.

He used 4.9 yards for a decoration and 10.6 yards to make costumes

So he used total cloth = $4.9\ yard + 10.6\ yard$

$used\ cloth = 15.5\ yard$

The $Left\ cloth = total\ cloth - used\ cloth$

$x = 25\ yard - 15.5\ yard$

$x = 9.5\ yard$

$x = \frac{19}{2}$

Therefore, the $remaining\ cloth = \frac{19}{2}\ yard$ or 9.5 yard.