Question

Clark plans to fertilize his yard this summer. His yard is 40 feet wide a 60 feet long. thus included a 4 foot wide and 20 foot long flower bed, which he will not fertilize. A bag of fertilizer costs $8.25 and covers 1,000 square feet. He also hopes to fertilize his neighbors yard the neighbors yard is 50 feet wide and proportional to clarks yard including a 5 foot wide and 30 foot long flower bed that will not be fertilized how long is the neighbors yard? set up a proportion. How many square feet of his own yard will clark fertilize

Answer 1

To figure this out, first, figure out the area of the whole yard:

The equation for area is length*width.

So, 60 ft long*40 ft wide=2400 square feet.

But the flower bed will not be fertilized, so we subtract that out:

Again, area of the flower bed is length*width.

20 ft long*4 ft wide=80 square feet.

Then, just subtract the area of the flower bed from the total area:

2400 square feet-80 square feet=2320 square feet.

So, 2320 square feet of Clark's yard will be fertilized.