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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?
Solution
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.
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