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  • 22-03-2020
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It takes 1/4 yard of fabric to make a pillow. how many pillows could I make with 3 yards of fabric?

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sulphurtone
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  • 23-03-2020

Answer:

12 pillows

Step-by-step explanation:

1/4 yard of fabric for 1 pillow

3 yards of fabric for x pillows

so,

writing it in algebraic form,

1/4 = 1

3 = x

using cross multiplication

(1/4)*x=3*1

x=3*1*4

x=12

therefore,

3 yards of fabric will be used to make 12 pillows.

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