SOLUTION: a brick wall 20 feet in length contains 1,060 bricks. At the same rate how many bricks would it take to build a wall 43 feet in length

Question 620913: a brick wall 20 feet in length contains 1,060 bricks. At the same rate how many bricks would it take to build a wall 43 feet in length
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John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by dragonwalker(73) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 20 ft = 1060 bricks then 1 ft of wall = 1060/20
= 53 bricks
Therefore 43 ft would be 53 x 43 = 2279 bricks
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