Cora makes a scarf with cloth rectangles and triangles. for every 5 pieces of cloth, 2 are rectangles. she needs 15 pieces of cloth to complete her scare

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17 July, 17:27

Cora makes a scarf with cloth rectangles and triangles. for every 5 pieces of cloth, 2 are rectangles. she needs 15 pieces of cloth to complete her scare

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Laura Rogers · Answer 1

Hello there.

Cora makes a scarf with cloth rectangles and triangles. for every 5 pieces of cloth, 2 are rectangles. she needs 15 pieces of cloth to complete her scare

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Maxim Cain · Answer 2

We are given with the ratio

for every 5 pieces of cloth, 2 are rectangles

Cora needs 15 pieces of cloth, by ratio and proportion,

5/2 = 15/x

x = 6

where x is the number of rectangles needed

She would need 6 square pieces to make 15 pieces of cloth to complete her scarf