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23 December, 23:12

Jill is making a long cape. she needs 4 1/3 yards of blue fabric for the outside of the cape. She needs 3 2/3 of purple fabric for the lining of the cape

Part A jill incorrectly subtracted the two mixed numbers to find how much more blue fabric than purple fabric she should buy. Her work is shown below.

4 1/3 - 3 2/3 = 12/3 - 9/3=3/3

Why is jill's work incorrect?

Part B

how much more blue fabric than purple fabric should jill buy? show your work

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  1. 23 December, 23:49
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    2/3 of a yard

    Step-by-step explanation:

    she did not include the fractions in her calculations.

    13/3 - 11/3 = 2/3 of a yard
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