Question

If 16 shirts of equal size can be made out of 24 m of cloth, how much cloth is needed for making one shirt?

Answer 1

If 16 shirts are to be made by cloth of 24 m

Then, 1 shirt is to be made by cloth of = `24/16` m = `3/2` m = 1.5 m

Hence, 1.5 m cloth is needed for making one shirt.