SOLUTION: A couch is {{{8&1/2}}} feet long. The material needed to make a slipcover is to be {{{2&1/3}}} times as long to allow for hems and tucking under. How long a piece of material is ne

Question 1523: A couch is feet long. The material needed to make a slipcover is to be times as long to allow for hems and tucking under. How long a piece of material is needed?
Found 2 solutions by AnlytcPhil, Robee16:
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A couch is feet long. The material needed to make a slipcover
is to be times as long to allow for hems and tucking under.
How long a piece of material is needed?
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The object is to multiply times .
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Change the mixed number to an improper fraction by the rule:
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1. Multiply denominator of fraction part times the whole part.
2. Add this result to the numerator of the fraction part.
3. Place this result as a numerator over the same denominator as the
fraction part has.
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To change to an improper fraction by the rule above:
1. Multiply 3 times 2, getting 6
2. Add 6 to 1, getting 7
3. Write
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To change to an improper fraction by the rule above:
1. Multiply 2 times 8, getting 16
2. Add 16 to 1, getting 17
3. Write
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So now the problem
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� becomes
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�
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Multiply numerators and denominators to get the numerator and denominator
of the product:
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Now to change this to a mixed number, divide the denominator into the
numerator:
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` `19
6)119
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` `59
` `54
` ` 5
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Write the quotient 19 as the whole part and put the remainder as the
numerator of the fraction part and the divisor 6 as the denominator of
the fraction part, so the answer is
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feet
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Edwin

Answer by Robee16(18) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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