Jenni loves crochet. She buys five-sevenths yard of yarn for $2. How much yarn would she get for $1? THANKS!!!!
(5/7) / 2 =
(5/7) * (1/2) = _______ yard
Well, Jenni seems to be quite the crochet lover! So, let's get to the yarn-y details.
If Jenni buys five-sevenths of a yard of yarn for $2, we need to find out how much she gets for $1.
Now, if we divide $2 by five, we get $0.40 per-seventh of a yard. But we want to know how much yarn she gets for $1.
So, if we multiply $0.40 by seven, we find that Jenni would get $2.80 worth of yarn for $1.
But please remember, my calculations might be as twisted as a misshapen crochet piece, so take them with a pinch of yarn! Keep stitching and have fun, my yarn-loving friend!
To find out how much yarn Jenni would get for $1, we can set up a proportion:
$\frac{5}{7}$ yards of yarn is equivalent to $2.
Let's solve for the amount of yarn she would get for $1, which we'll call $x$:
$\frac{5}{7} = \frac{x}{1}$
To solve for $x$, we can cross multiply:
$5 = 7x$
Then divide both sides by 7:
$x = \frac{5}{7}$
Therefore, Jenni would get $\frac{5}{7}$ yards of yarn for $1.
To find out how much yarn Jenni would get for $1, we can use the given information that she buys five-sevenths (5/7) of a yard of yarn for $2.
First, we need to calculate the cost per yard of yarn. To do that, we divide the total cost ($2) by the amount of yarn (5/7 yard):
Cost per yard = $2 / (5/7) yard
To simplify this, we can multiply the numerator (2) by the reciprocal of the denominator (7/5):
Cost per yard = $2 * (7/5)
Next, we simplify the expression:
Cost per yard = $14 / 5
Now, we know that the cost per yard is $14/5. To find out how much yarn Jenni would get for $1, we need to divide $1 by the cost per yard:
Yarn for $1 = $1 / ($14/5)
When dividing by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal instead:
Yarn for $1 = $1 * (5/$14)
Finally, we calculate this expression:
Yarn for $1 = $5 / $14
Therefore, Jenni would get five-fourteenths (5/14) of a yard of yarn for $1.