Doris, the tailor, has 37.5 feet of cloth. He cuts 2 pieces out of each foot of cloth. From each piece, he makes a scarf.
Find how many scarves he can make from the cloth he has.
A
70
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B
85
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C
75
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D
130
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Solution
The correct option is C 75 Total length of cloth = 37.5 feet
Number of pieces cut out of each foot of cloth = 2
Total number of scarves Doris makes = Total length of cloth × Number of pieces cut out of each foot =37.5×2 =75
Thus, Doris makes 75 scarves out of the total cloth.