Jonas is painting a mural at the local community center. He has completed two-fifths of the mural. If 200 feet of the mural are completed, how many feet are left to be painted?(1 point)

Responses

200 feet
200 feet

500 feet
500 feet

800 feet
800 feet

300 feet

500 feet

no

The correct answer is 300 feet.

If Jonas has completed two-fifths of the mural (which is equivalent to 200 feet), that means there are three-fifths left to be painted.

To find out how many feet are left to be painted, you can set up a proportion:

2/5 = 200/x

Cross multiplying:
2x = 5 * 200
2x = 1000
x = 1000/2
x = 500

Therefore, there are 500 feet in total. Since Jonas has already painted 200 feet, the remaining feet to be painted would be 500 - 200 = 300 feet.