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Profit Per Foot

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1. **State the problem:** Bill Pierson buys a 125-foot roll of latex tubing for 35 and sells all of it for 57.50. We need to find Bill's profit per foot, rounded to the nearest cent. 2. **Identify the formula:** Profit per foot = \frac{\text{Total Profit}}{\text{Total Feet}} 3. **Calculate total profit:** Total Profit = \text{Selling Price} - \text{Cost Price} = 57.50 - 35 = 22.50 4. **Calculate profit per foot:** Profit per foot = \frac{22.50}{125} = 0.18 5. **Interpretation:** Bill makes 0.18 profit for each foot of tubing sold. **Final answer:** Bill's profit per foot is $0.18.