Question

A town is replacing a sidewalk that serves eight homes. the length of the sidewalk is 900 feet. laura's property has 60 feet of the sidewalk. if the cost of the project to be paid by a special assessment is $18,000, what will laura's assessment be?

Answer 1

we know that

by proportion

$\frac{18,000}{900} \frac{\ }{feet}= \frac{x}{60}\frac{\ }{feet} \\\\ 900*x=18,000*60 \\\\x= \frac{18,000*60}{900}\\\\ x= \ 1,200$

therefore

the answer is

$\ 1,200$