A t-shirt manufacturer uses 5/8 yard of material for each shirt, how many shirts can be made fro 14 & 38 yards of material?
These must be awfully small shirts.
14 3/8 / (5/8)
(115/8) * (8/5) = 944/40 = 23 shirts
To find out how many shirts can be made from a certain amount of material, we need to divide the total amount of material by the amount of material required to make one shirt.
Given that the manufacturer uses 5/8 yard of material for each shirt, we can calculate the number of shirts as follows:
For 14 yards of material:
Number of shirts = 14 / (5/8)
To divide by a fraction, we multiply by its reciprocal (flip the fraction):
Number of shirts = 14 * (8/5)
Number of shirts = 22.4
Since we can't have a fraction of a shirt, the answer should be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, with 14 yards of material, the manufacturer can make 22 shirts.
For 38 yards of material:
Number of shirts = 38 / (5/8)
Number of shirts = 38 * (8/5)
Number of shirts = 60.8
Again, rounding down to the nearest whole number, with 38 yards of material, the manufacturer can make 60 shirts.