a carpet layer can put down 400 square feet of carpeting in 2.5 hours. How many hours will it take him to lay 600 square feet of

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Goryan [66]

2 years ago

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a carpet layer can put down 400 square feet of carpeting in 2.5 hours. How many hours will it take him to lay 600 square feet of

carpet

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N76 [4] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-22T06:27:53+03:00

N76 [4]2 years ago

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You can set it up like:

400/2.5 = 600/x; now cross multiply
400x = 2.5(600)
400x = 1,500; now divide both sides by 400 to isolate the x, and you get x = 3.75 hours