Answer:
Tara's current expression finds how much the school will be keeping. 50 x 2/5 (also written as 50 x 0.4) totals out as 20. $20 is 2/5 of $50. The expression that Tara SHOULD have written to find how much goes to the candle company would be 50 x 3/5 (also written as 50 x 0.6), as this adds up to 30. $30 is 3/5 of $50.
Step-by-step explanation:
50/5 = 10 which means that 1/5 of 50 = 10.
2/5 of 50 ($20) is kept by the school. This is what Tara's expression finds. This means that $30 is sent to the candle company, and can be found with the expression 50 x 3/5.
The decimals are created by dividing the numerator of the fraction by the denominator (I find it easier to do math with decimals).
Part A:Derrick is incorrect.
A yard is equivalent to 3 feet.
Thus, 20 yards will be equivalent to 60 feet.
The width is 20 yard and 2 feet. It's the same as 60 feet and 2 feet, or 62 feet. Thus, Derrick is incorrect.
Part B:Let's calculate the area of the parking lot.
We know the width is 62 feet from part A.
The length is 30 yards, or 90 feet.
Multiply the length and width to get the area in square feet.

The parking lot has an area of 5580 square foot.
It costs 2 dollars per square foot to repave the parking lot. Multiply the area by 2 dollars.

It will cost $11,160 to repave the whole parking lot.