Question

A moving company uses plastic wrap to bundle groups of boxes together. If a portion of plastic wrap that measures 900 inches in length is used to bundle each group of boxes, how many groups of boxes can be bundled using 1500 feet of the same type of plastic wrap?

Answer 1

Answer: 20 boxes

Explanation:

First and foremost, we need to know that 1 foot = 12 inches. Therefore, 1500 feet will be converted to inches and this will be:

1500 feet = 1500 × 12 = 18000 inches

Since each group of box requires 900 inches, then the number of group of boxes that can be used in this case will be:

= 18000/900.

= 20 groups of boxes