We have been given that Suzanne needs material for her school project. She buys 3 1/4 yards of material at &2.50 a yard. We are asked to find the total cost of the material.
To find the total cost of material, we will multiply the total yards of material by cost of material per yard as:
[tex]\text{Total cost of material}=\$2.50\times 3\frac{1}{4}[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total cost of material}=\$2.50\times \frac{13}{4}[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total cost of material}=\$0.625\times 13[/tex]
[tex]\text{Total cost of material}=\$8.125[/tex]
Upon rounding to nearest cent, we will get:
[tex]\text{Total cost of material}\approx \$8.13[/tex]
Therefore, the total cost of the material would be $8.13.
