SOLUTION: Mrs.Roberts sewed m shirts using 2 yards of cloth for each shirt. She also sewed (m+2) dresses, using 5 yards of cloth for each dress.
a.How much cloth did she use altogether?Gi
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Question 937982: Mrs.Roberts sewed m shirts using 2 yards of cloth for each shirt. She also sewed (m+2) dresses, using 5 yards of cloth for each dress.
a.How much cloth did she use altogether?Give your answer in terms of m.
b.If m=7, find how much more cloth she used to sew the dresses than the shirts
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(a)
yards of cloth altogether
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(b)
yards more cloth to sew dresses than shirts
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