document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=521236>Question 521236</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr. Smith had to pay 75 cents a square foot for a glass to replace a broken window which was square and measured 4 feet from top to bottom. Yet Mr. Smith paid $6.00 for the single sheet of glass required to fix the window. Explain this total.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " I am unsure how to convert to square feet. Only thing I could come up with was P=16 and multiply that by the .75 which gives you 12. So from there all I can say is he got it half off but as i said i dont know how to do square feet. THank you Very much!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #346385 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=oberobic><B>oberobic(2304)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=oberobic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=346385\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Square feet are simply measures of area.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "75 cents per square ft is the cost of the glass.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He paid $6 for the glass, so you he bought 600 cents worth of glass.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At 75 cents per sq. ft, he bought 8 sq ft of glass.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area = 8 sq ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The height = 4 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the width has to be 8/4 = 2 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 ft * 4 ft = 8 sq ft<BR>\n" );
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