The AIDS Memorial Quilt is made up of individual patches that are 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. Participants decorate patches to add to the quilt. The area of the quilt is currently 846,000 square feet. How many participants have added patches to the quilt?

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anonymous · Answer

What can you say of the length/width of tje quilt, considering the lenght/width of a patch ? Express the area of the quilt.

anonymous · Answer

the area of patches adds to the area of the quilt. since each patch has an area of 6*3=18 sq. ft, then the number of patches equals the area of the quilt divided by the area of a single patch

anonymous · Answer

so the answer is 18 right?