A bag of fertilizer covers 300 square feet of lawn. Find how many bags of fertilizer should be purch

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    A bag of fertilizer covers 300 square feet of lawn. Find how many bags of fertilizer should be purchased to cover a rectangular lawn 290 feet by 150 feet.

    The area of a rectangle is length * width, so we have:
    A = 290 * 150
    A = 43,500 sq ft.

    Now, to find the number of bags needed for a 300 square feet per bag of fertilizer, we have:
    Bags Needed = Total Square Feet of Lawn / Square Feet covered per bag
    Bags Needed = 43,500 / 300
    Bags Needed = 145
     

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