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Li Shifu bought 72 meters of cloth just to make 20 adult clothes and 16 children's clothes. Adult dresses are 2.4 meters each, and how many meters are children's dresses?

Solution: Let every children's clothing be made of cloth x meters.

20*2.4+ 16x=72

48+ 16x=72

16x=72-48

16x=24

x=24÷ 16

x= 1.5

Answer: each piece of children's clothing1.5m.