Fran bought 6 yards of blue tapestry material. She used it to upholster 3 chairs. How much of the material would che need to upholster 7 chairs?
6/3 = 2 yards each
Take it from there.
make a proportion and cross multiply to solve for x
(yards/chairs)=(yards/chairs)
(6yards/3chairs)=(x yards/ 7 chairs)
(6yards x 7 chairs)/(3 chairs)= x
(42/3)=x
14=x
so 14 yards
To find out how much material Fran would need to upholster 7 chairs, we can start by finding out how much material she used to upholster 1 chair.
We know that Fran used 6 yards of material to upholster 3 chairs. So, to find out how much material she used for 1 chair, we divide the total amount of material by the number of chairs:
6 yards ÷ 3 chairs = 2 yards per chair
Therefore, Fran used 2 yards of material for 1 chair.
To find out how much material she would need for 7 chairs, we multiply the amount of material Fran used for 1 chair by the number of chairs:
2 yards per chair × 7 chairs = 14 yards
So, Fran would need 14 yards of material to upholster 7 chairs.