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A 2 1/2 pound bag of grass seed cover 1/8 of an acre. How much grass seed is needed for 1 acre?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Kitty [74]3 years ago

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Answer:

20 pounds of grass seed is needed for one acre.

Step-by-step explanation:

You can set up a proportion to solve:

$\frac{2.5 pounds}{1/8 acre}$ = $\frac{x pounds}{1 acre}$

Cross multiply:

$\frac{1}{8}$ x = 2.5

Divide both sides by $\frac{1}{8}$ or multiply both sides by 8.

x = 20

iragen [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

8 times more 8*2 1/2 = 20 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

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