Question

Christian's curtain company is making curtains for a local hotel. He wants each curtain to be 24 inches long. At the fabric store, fabric is sold by the foot. If Christian's curtain company wants to make 79 curtains, how many feet of fabric will he need?

Answer 1

158 feet

Explanation:

Using the conversion

1 foot = 12inches

Convert 24 inches to feet

1 foot = 12inches

x foot = 24inches

cross multiply

12 * x = 24

12x = 24

x = 24/12

x = 2 feet

Hence 24inches = 2 feet

This means that a curtain is 2feet long

If the Christian's curtain company wants to make 79 curtains, the dimension of 79 curtains in feet will be:

2 * 79 = 158 feet

Hence 158feet of fabric will be used