Each pants leg on page 8 has an opening with a circumference of 8.5 inches. It took 15 stitches to make 3 inches in width. How many stitches make up the circumference, rounded to the nearest stitch?

43 stitches.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that each pant's leg has an opening with a circumference of 8.5 inches. It took 15 stitches to make 3 inches in width. We are asked to find the number of stitches required to make up the circumference.

Let us find stitches needed to make 1 inch by dividing 15 by 3.

Since 5 stitches make 1 inch, so to find stitches needed to make 8.5 inches, we will multiply 8.5 by 5 as:

Upon rounding to nearest stitch, we will get:

Therefore, 43 stitches will make up the circumference.