Question

A farmer has decided to divide his land area in half in order to plant soy and corn. Calculate the area of the entire area so he knows how much soil is needed.
Each bag of soil covers 40 square yards. How many bags should the farmer purchase?
1 bag
2 bags
3 bags
4 bags

Answer 1

3 bags caus the area of the farm is gonna be the area of soy and area of coin and each are 54 therefor the whole farm area is gonna be 108 and dividing to to 40 . we will need more than 2 bags which is 3

Answer 2

Answer:

2 bags should farmer purchase.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that a farmer has decided to divide his land area in half in order to plant soy and corn. We have to find the area

The figure given consists of two triangles of equal area whose base and height are 9 yards and 6 yards respectively.

Area(to plant corn)=$\frac{1}{2}\times base\times height= \frac{1}{2}\times 9 \times 6$

                              = 27 square yards

∵ both triangular parts have equal area

⇒ Total area=$27\times 2=54 square yards$

Now, given each bag of soil covers 40 square yards. We have to find no. of bags needed to cover the land which can be calculated as

No. of bags needed$=\frac{Area \thinspace calculated}{Area\thinspace covered\thinspace by\thinspace a \thinspace bag} =\frac{54}{40}=1.35=2bags$

Hence, 2 bags should farmer purchase.