Question

This is my last question for today, I believe... And I need help.
I got B, between 60 and 80 boxes. Am I correct?

Howard uses rolls of tape to seal boxes in the shipping department where he works. Each roll has 450 feet of tape. He estimates that it takes between 6 feet and 7.25 feet of tape to seal each box. Which is a reasonable estimate of the number of boxes Howard could expect to seal with 1 roll of tape?

A.
Between 40 and 60 boxes

B.
Between 60 and 80 boxes

C.
Between 80 and 100 boxes

D.
Between 100 and 120 boxes

Answer 1

yeas

Answer 2

Sound right to me.

Answer 3

me 2

Answer 4

Well, at six feet per box, 6x=450; at 7.25 feet per box, 29x/4=450. Is that what you did?