Yanni is making curtains for his living room. He bought a piece of fabric that was 5/23 / yards by 9/1/3 yards. If he spent $ 634/2/3 on the fabric, what was the cost per square yard?

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Adriel Rice

27 September, 14:35

Yanni is making curtains for his living room. He bought a piece of fabric that was 5/23 / yards by 9/1/3 yards. If he spent $ 634/2/3 on the fabric, what was the cost per square yard?

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Evelin Jimenez · Answer 1

Your mixed numerals are hard to understand.

I assume it's 5 2/3 yd by 9 1/3 yd,

$634 2/3.

Area = (5 2/3 yd) (9 1/3 yd)

Area = (17/3 yd) (28/3 yd)

Area = 476/9 yd^2

Cost per sq yd = ($634 2/3) (476/9 yd^2) = $12/yd^2

The price was $12 per square yard.