Question

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

Answer 1

Answer: $300\ feet$

Step-by-step 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:

$\frac{0.2}{2}=\frac{30}{x}$

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

$\frac{0.2}{2}=\frac{30}{x}\\\\x(\frac{0.2}{2})=30\\\\x=(30)(\frac{2}{0.20})\\\\x=300$