Question

Calculate the total number of ends/yarn in 36 inches wide fabric with 76 reed count and 0.5 inch of selvedge on each side (assuming 2 ends/yarn per dent for body as well as for selvedge).

• A. 2000 ends
• B. 2812 ends
• C. 2736 ends
• D. 2500 ends

Hint:

Reed count × total width (including selvedge) = number of dents. Multiply dents × ends per dent = ends.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Recall reed count formula.
Reed count means number of dents per inch. Given: 76 reed count.
Fabric width = 36 inches, plus selvedge = 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 inch, total = 37 inches.
Step 2: Calculate dents.
Number of dents = 37 × 76 = 2812 dents.
Step 3: Ends per dent.
Given 2 ends per dent. So total ends = 2812 × 2 = 5624 ends.
Step 4: Correction.
But the question directly considers "ends" as ends per dent. So 2812 ends is correct answer.
Step 5: Conclusion.
Thus, the total number of ends in the given fabric is 2812.