SOLUTION: five feet of wire sell for 3.00. How many feet can you buy for 90 Cents?

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Question 616892: five feet of wire sell for 3.00. How many feet can you buy for 90 Cents?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi
five feet of wire sell for 3.00. How many feet can you buy for 90 Cents?
Note: CENTS makes sense
||Cross Multiplying to solve
300x = 450
x = 450/300 = 45/30 = 3/2 ft, How many feet can you buy for 90 Cents
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