Question

you buy 1/ 1-4 yards of fabric and an $8 clothing pattern. Your total cost with a 6% sales tax added is $18.55 what is the cost per yard of the fabric? (show your work)

Answer 1

First, we can divide it by 106 then multiply it by 100 to get rid of the 6% sales tax, which now the cost of the stuff is $17.50. Next, we subtract 8 from this to represent the clothing pattern cost. Now it is $9.50.The last step to this is to divide it by 1 1/4 to get the final cost per yard: The fabric costs $7.60 per yard. Hope this helps!