MCQ Practice

A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his nearest hardware shop. But when a worker in the shop brought the rope, he found that the man on the telephone had miswritten the order by interchange feet and inches. As a result of this, the length of rope received was only 30% of the length he had ordered. The length of the rope which the man ordered was between :

Subject: MathematicsTopic: Percentage
A

6 ft and 7 inches

B

7(1)/(2) ft and 9 ft

C

9 ft and 2 inches

D

10(1)/(2) ft and 12 ft

Correct Answer: C