Kendra is using 27 blue patches and some white patches to make a quilt. The quilt has a total area of 540 square inches. Each patch has an area of 5 square inches. How much of the area of the quilt is white? Explain.
Thanks for the aswer ms sue
540 - (27 * 5) = 405 square inches
To find out how much of the area of the quilt is white, we first need to calculate the total area covered by the blue patches.
Since each blue patch has an area of 5 square inches, and Kendra is using 27 blue patches, the total area covered by the blue patches would be 5 square inches multiplied by 27 patches, which is 135 square inches.
Now, we can subtract the area covered by the blue patches from the total area of the quilt to find the area that is white.
Total area of the quilt - Area covered by blue patches = Area that is white
540 square inches - 135 square inches = 405 square inches
Therefore, the area of the quilt that is white is 405 square inches.
To find out how much of the area of the quilt is white, we need to determine the number of white patches Kendra is using.
First, we know that each patch has an area of 5 square inches. So, the total area of the blue patches Kendra is using can be calculated by multiplying the number of blue patches (27) by the area of each patch (5 square inches):
Total area of blue patches = 27 blue patches * 5 square inches each
= 135 square inches
Next, we can find the area of the white patches by subtracting the area of the blue patches from the total area of the quilt:
Area of white patches = Total area of the quilt - Total area of blue patches
= 540 square inches - 135 square inches
= 405 square inches
Therefore, 405 square inches of the quilt is white, since Kendra is using that amount of area for the white patches.