patty bought 24 yards of fencing to put around her garden. she only used 20 yards. how many feet of fencing did she have left over?
Is that the entire question?
24 - 20 = ?
24-20 gives the number of yards remaining. Then multiply this by 3 because there are three feet in a yard. This results in 12 feet.
I subtracted wrong. Thank you.
To find out how many feet of fencing Patty has left over, we need to first convert the yards into feet.
Since 1 yard is equal to 3 feet, we can multiply the number of yards by 3 to get the number of feet.
Patty originally bought 24 yards of fencing, so we have:
24 yards * 3 feet/yard = 72 feet.
This means Patty originally had 72 feet of fencing.
She only used 20 yards of fencing, so we can calculate the amount of fencing she has left over by subtracting the amount she used from the total amount.
72 feet - (20 yards * 3 feet/yard) = 72 feet - 60 feet = 12 feet.
Therefore, Patty has 12 feet of fencing left over.