On 9/20/2010 5:02 PM, Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner wrote: > Paul, > 19.02yards I got 19.2 yards [long division, by hand, after solving (5/12)x = 8], then checked by figuring the 1/4 as 4.8 yards and the 1/3 as 6.4 yards, so all the black together was 11.2 yards, add the 8 gray yards --- gives me back the 19.2. QED, etc. Does anyone do this kind of problem in school nowadays? Some days one feels closer to extinction (dinosaur-like) than others. Susan > > >> here it is am I'm having a brain fart: >> >> A bolt of cloth is colored as follows: 1/3 and 1/4th of it are black, and >> the remaining 8 yards are gray. How long is the bolt of cloth? >> >> Some of you can do this in a heartbeat, but I'm forgetting my simple >> algebra. >> >> Thanks >> Paul >> Ps: the answer is not how much to order for a bench cover! > > >
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