Question

Carl offered to pay jake $0.25 a square foot to paint his fence. The fence measures 109 feet long and 7 feet wide what is the total square footage of the fence ? How much will jake get paid

Answer 1

Answer:

Part 1) The total square footage of the fence is $763\ ft^{2}$

Part 2) $\ 190.75$

Step-by-step explanation:

Part 1) what is the total square footage of the fence ?

we know that

The area of the fence is equal to

$A=LW$

substitute the values

$A=(109)(7)=763\ ft^{2}$

Part 2) How much will Jake get paid

Using proportion

$\frac{0.25}{1}\frac{\ }{ft^{2}}=\frac{x}{763}\frac{\ }{ft^{2}}\\ \\x=763*0.25\\ \\x=\ 190.75$