Mark Nguyen is a tailor making costumes for a play. He needs enough material for 1 large shirt that requires 11/2 yards of material and 5 small shirts that each require 3/4 yard of material. he finds a 5 yard remnant of material on sale is 5 yards of material enough to make all 6 shirts? if not how much more material does he need?

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Elyse Durham

9 October, 03:31

Mark Nguyen is a tailor making costumes for a play. He needs enough material for 1 large shirt that requires 11/2 yards of material and 5 small shirts that each require 3/4 yard of material. he finds a 5 yard remnant of material on sale is 5 yards of material enough to make all 6 shirts? if not how much more material does he need?

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Christine Brandt · Answer 1

So he needs 6 shirts total, (5 * (3/4)) + (1 * (11/2))

so basically (15/4) + (11/2)

to add these, get a common denominator and you'll get your answer ...