Peter bought 4 1/ 2 ft of cable wire. The cable wire cost $1.80 a foot. How much did Peter pay for the cable wire? A student solved the problem this way. 41 2 feet = 4.5 feet Let n represent the amount Peter paid for the cable wire. n=4.5*$1.80 n=$8.10 Peter paid $8.10 for the cable wire. Use a similar strategy to solve this problem. Bobby bought 35 12 ft of red ribbon and 51 12 ft of yellow ribbon. Ribbon costs $1.20 a foot. How much did Bobby spend on ribbon?

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Esperanza Floyd

15 February, 13:38

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Dillan Elliott · Answer 1

he payed 8.10$

bobby wasted 14.4 on the red ribbon

bobby wasted 6134.4 on yellow ribbon

together he wasted 6148.8