Question

an art teacher has 1 1/2 pounds of red clay and 3/4 pound of yellow clay.The teacher mixes the red clay and yellow clay together.Each student in the class needs 1/8 pound of clay mixture to finish the assigned art project for the class.How many students can get enough clay to finish the project

Answer 1

1 1/2 plus 3/4 equal 9/4, and 9/4 divided by 1/8 equal 18

Answer 2

Step
`1`

Find the sum of red clay and yellow clay

we know that

`1(1)/(2) =(2*1+1)/(2) = (3)/(2)`

so

`(3)/(2) +(3)/(4) =((2*3+3))/(4) =(9)/(4) \ pound\ of \ clay\ mixture`

Step
`2`

Divide the total pound of clay mixture by
`(1)/(8)`

so

`((9)/(4))/((1)/(8)) =(72)/(4) = 18\ students`

therefore

the answer is

The total of students is
`18`