document.write( "Question 388670: bruce needs 30 five-foot pieces of rope for a school project. the hardware store sells rope by the yard. how many yards of rope will bruce need \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #275031 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since \"bruce needs 30 five-foot \", this means that he needs $\"30%2A5=150\"$ feet of rope total.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now recall that 3 ft = 1 yard. Now multiply both sides by 50 to get \r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3*50 ft = 1* 50 yd\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "150 ft = 50 yd\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So this means that he needs 50 yards of rope.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Note: alternatively, you can divide 150 by 3 to convert from feet to yards.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you need more help, email me at jim_thompson5910@hotmail.com\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, feel free to check out my tutoring website\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jim \n" ); document.write( "

\n" );