My selfie:
Posted on 11/02/2018 11:36:33 AM PDT by beergarden
Hi. Time for a non-political break from the usual anti-lib articles which we all love here. I have a math question for my genius Freepers because I know conservatives are smarter than idiot liberals so the question is " how many stupid liberals does it take to screw a light bulb?
ANSWER: None, they think the light bulb will lead to climate change (drum beat)
OK, that's not it (j/k) but here it is: I have a relative (self-made/taught/ no HS diploma but makes more than I do) who sells on an online platform like Ebay. She will sell fabrics online because she owns a store.
Fact: a yard of fabric is 36 x 60.
She will sell 1/4, 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4 yards. What are the parameters and measurements allowed for each of the 4 measurements?
So if she has a 17 x 42 piece as an example, what will it be under?
Just asking.
“If she is selling portions of a yard of cloth, a 17x42 piece would be a “scrap piece”, not a portion of a yard.”
Yes, the bolt will run out and obviously, the cutter will not get 36 x 60.
Sometimes, she sends samples, hence, the weird measurements.
Yes, that will work too LOL
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I love this one ...
How many Psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
One, but the light bulb has to really want to change!
She can’t sell any of these based only on square inches. If the desired piece is 17 x 42, and the bolt is 60 inches wide, then she will have to sell at least 17 inches in length. The rest will be waste material. If the bolt is 36 inches wide, she will have to sell 42 inches in length, and the rest will be waste material. I can’t imagine that any retailer is going to cut out a piece exactly by square inches. They will sell blocks in whole numbers enough to include the required number of square inches.
Based on that, I still haven’t replied!
I’m actually from the future!
Obvious fake - it’s in cursive!
My selfie:
You’re welcome. But I did make a small mistake in my post #14. It doesn’t affect the final answer. But the unit here is not “inches”. It’s “square inches”.
(I used to teach this sort of thing. And the reporting the wrong unit would cost my students 5 points. So no A+ for me today.)
Yes.
Fact: a yard of fabric is 36 x 60.
She will sell 1/4, 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4 yards. What are the parameters and measurements allowed for each of the 4 measurements?
So if she has a 17 x 42 piece as an example, what will it be under?
If this ebay like site works the same as ebay with quantities, then offering 1/4 - 1/2 - 3/4 is fine but 1/3 or 2/3 isn’t going to work in the same auction/listing.
She could have two listings. One by the 1/4 yard and people could buy 1/4 or 2/4 aka 1/2 or 3/4 or 4/4 aka 1.
Another listing could be for 1/3 yard and they could buy 1/3 or 2/3 or 3/3 aka 1
Basically she’d sell multiple quantities of 1/4 yard and/or multiple quantities of 1/3 yard. If someone wanted 1 1/2 yards they would just but 6/4 or 1/4 in a quantity of 6
Personally, I would just do the 1/4 yard. If someone wants 2/3 (24”), they can just buy 3/4 (27”) and deal with it.
If someone needs a piece 17 x 42, they would buy 1/2 yard which would be 18 x 60 and they’ll have some leftover. No one cuts lengthwise into a roll because they’d end up with a ton of scraps that they’ll never sell.
1/4 yard = 9”
1/3 yard = 12”
1/2 yard = 18”
2/3 yard = 24”
3/4 yard = 27”
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... and the faster he runs, the farther he gits ...
... how far does he run before he sh!ts?
I think you intended:
“Yesh”
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FYI “The wool from the national animal of Peru: the Vicuña sheep, is the most expensive wool in the world because the sheep can only be shorn every three years. The fabric can be used for apparel and home decor. The vucana wool range from $1,800 to $3,000 per yard, so a scarf will cost around $20,000!” ~ various sources
Technically, all of the cloth will be sold under the roof.
Unless sum of it bolts out the door into the yard.
Where Laz hits it.
My division was all wrong.
Pollard has it correctly.
1/4 yard = 9”
1/3 yard = 12”
1/2 yard = 18”
2/3 yard = 24”
3/4 yard = 27”
ROFL
36/17 because the 20” remaining from the 60 in width are a loss
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