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A school club needs 300 feet of rope for a project. They have the amounts of rope listed below. - 2 pieces of rope that are each 16 yards in length - 1 piece of rope that is 12.5 yards in length - 1 piece of rope that is 123.25 feet in length How much additional rope, in feet, does the school club need in order to ave enough rope for their project

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Answer: 43.25 feet.  Step-by-step explanation:We have been given that school club needs 300 feet of rope for a project. First of we will change given lengths of ropes in feet.[tex]\text{2 pieces of 16 yards}=2\times16\text{ yards}=32\text{ yards}[/tex] 1 yard =3 feet 32 yards= 3*32 feet = 96 feet.12.5 yards = 3*12.5 feet = 37.5 feet. Let us find the amount of rope school already have by adding all the given amounts.   [tex]\text{Total amount of rope that school club already have}=96+37.5+123.25[/tex][tex]\text{Total amount of rope that school club already have}=256.75[/tex]Now let us subtract 256.75 feet from 300 feet to find the amount of rope that school club needs to complete the project.[tex]\text{Amount of rope school club needs to complete the project}=300-256.75[/tex][tex]\text{Amount of rope school club needs to complete the project}=43.25[/tex]Therefore, the school club needs 43.25 feet of additional rope to complete their project.