Question

A bag of fertilizer covers 3000 square feet of lawn. Find how many bags of fertilizer should be purchased to cover a rectangular lawn 230 feet by 180 feet

Answer 1

Answer:

14 bags

Step-by-step explanation:

Dimension of lawn : 230 feet by 180 feet

area of rectangle is given by length * width

Since lawn is rectangular area of lawn = 230 feet * 180 feet = 41,400 sq. feet

Given that one bag of fertilizer covers 3000 square feet of lawn.

Thus , to find no. of bags required to cover whole lawn will be

total area of lawn/area which one bag of  fertilizer covers

no. of bags required to cover whole lawn = 41,400 sq. feet/3000 sq. feet

    = 13.8 bags.

As no. of bags cannot be fractional , hence rounding bag to nearest unit place is 14 bags.