SOLUTION: If a roll of paper is 30" wide and contains 50 sq ft, how many linear inches does it contain? I have 29 gifts to wrap and need 32" for each gift. I'm trying to figure out how many
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Question 1036791: If a roll of paper is 30" wide and contains 50 sq ft, how many linear inches does it contain? I have 29 gifts to wrap and need 32" for each gift. I'm trying to figure out how many rolls of gift wrap I need. Thank you very much. Found 2 solutions by macston, ikleyn:Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
30 inches is 2.5 feet.
Each roll is 20 feet long
Each roll is 240 inches long
240 in per roll/ 32 in=7.5 rolls
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
If a roll of paper is 30" wide and contains 50 sq ft, how many linear inches does it contain?
I have 29 gifts to wrap and need 32" for each gift. I'm trying to figure out how many rolls of gift wrap I need. Thank you very much.
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1 ft = 12 inches.
Therefore, 30 inches = 2.5 ft.
Then the length of the piece of paper is = 20 ft.
