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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.

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130
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75
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70
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85
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Solution

The correct option is B 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.

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