Question

A sporting goods manufacturer requires 5/8 yd of fabric to make a pair of soccer shorts. How many goers can be made from 35 yards of fabric?

Answer 1

You can make `56` pairs of shorts from 35 yards of fabric.

Explanation:

To make the problem visually easier, convert `35` yards to a fraction with `8` as the denominator.

`35=280/8`

Since we know that we need `5/8` yd of fabric for one pair of shorts we can display it in the equation, where `x` is the number of shorts.

`(5/8)x=280/8`

Solve for `x`
`5x=280`

`x=56`