SOLUTION: 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

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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
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since "bruce needs 30 five-foot ", this means that he needs 30%2A5=150 feet of rope total.


Now recall that 3 ft = 1 yard. Now multiply both sides by 50 to get

3*50 ft = 1* 50 yd

150 ft = 50 yd


So this means that he needs 50 yards of rope.


Note: alternatively, you can divide 150 by 3 to convert from feet to yards.


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