A craft store buys 50 yards of satin ribbon for 13.50. The store. The store sells the ribbon by the foot.A customer can purchase 5 feet of ribbon for $0.80. How much profit does the craft store earn if it sells 45 yards of the ribbon and scraps the rest?
Accepted Solution
A:
Convert 45 yards of ribbon to feet through proper conversion factor.
(45 yards)(3 ft / 1 yard) = 135 feet
Divide this number by 5 to determine the number of 5-ft ribbon that customers can purchased.