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If a piece of rope cost 20 cents per 2 feet, how many feet can you buy for 30 dollars?

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Answer:

300 feet

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Answer:
300\ feet

Explanation:

Let be "x" the lenght in feet of rope that you can buy with 30 dollars.

According to the information provided in the exercise, you can buy a piece of rope of 2 feet with 20 cents.

Remember that
20\ cents=0.2\ dollars

Knowing this, you can write the following proportion:


(0.2)/(2)=(30)/(x)

FInally, solving for "x", you get this result:


(0.2)/(2)=(30)/(x)\\\\x((0.2)/(2))=30\\\\x=(30)((2)/(0.20))\\\\x=300

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