Trevor earns $6 for each meter of fishing net he repairs. He repaired 250 centimeters of net on friday and 450 centimeters on Saturday. How much money did he earn?
Explain
1 meter=100 centimeters. Therefore on Friday he repaired 2.5 meters and on Saturday he repaired 4.5 meters. In total he earned 4.5(6)+2.5(6) which equals $42