Yds Roll
Can someone help me with this math?
I'm making my prom dress out of duct tape and for just the skirt I need 9.75 yds of 45'' fabric.
each roll of duct tape comes with 60yds of 2'' wide tape.
since I will need to overlap the tape a bit I figure I can get 1.6 inches out of one 2'' strip.
how many yards of tape will it take to make a 36'' by 45'' rectangle?
(36'' being one yard)
I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense....I'm so horrible at math. >.<;;
if there is anymore information you need let me know nd I'll do my best.
thanks so much!
so 220 yds of tape is what I'd need to make the amount I need?
Sorry there was a lot of numbers there and I have slight dyslexia so I had a hard time figuring out what you were saying....
I think you are saying how many yards of tape will it take to make 36" X 45" rectangle, if the tape overlaps 0.4" (1.6" for each 2" strip). I'll assume that the strips are 36" long, so the overlaps will be in the 45" direction. 45"/1.6" = 28.125 (we will make it 29 strips). 29 strips 1 yard long (36") = 29 yards for each 45" X 36".....answer
Now remember, there was considerable wastage, and it might be recovered in the measurement somehow. It's actually closer to 28 than 29, but then we have portions of strips. A better way might be 45" lengths. 45/36 = 1.25 yds. To get 9.75 yds we need 9.75/1.25 = 7.8 yds long X 36 in/yd = 280.8 inches long. So, to get a tape 'cloth' 45" X 280.8" with strips that overlap we need 280.8/1.6 = 175.5 or 176 strips 45 inches long or 7920 inches / 36 inches/yd = 220 yards of tape.
Hope it's useful.
EDIT: Just happened to check to see if you had commentd and saw your update. Lets do this as a check. The tape width is 1.6 inches / 12 in./ ft / 3 ft/yd = 0.0444 yds in width measured in yds
This times the length should give us the amount of cloth we get, so:
0.0444 yds X 220 yds of tape give us 9.78 yds of material.....close enough to your goal of 9.75. So yes, you need 220 yds of tape
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