Question

If Dawn's lawn has two areas that are 10ft x 8ft,another area 22 ft x 4 ft,another 6 ft x 15 ft and the last area is 23 ft x 5 ft, what is the square footage of her lawn? If the seed is spread at a rate of 5lbs per 1,000ft^2,and each bag is 2lbs,how many bags will she need to buy?

Answer 1

2(10*8) + 22(4) + 15(6) + 23(5) = total area of the yard.

total area/5lbs = x lbs per 1 area.

the last parts I see, but cant right put my finger on it yet :)

Answer 2

(total area/1000) times 5 should be the amount of lbs of seed she needs

Answer 3

once you know the total amount of seed required, figure out how many 2lb bags will do it ;)

Answer 4

Thanks!

Answer 5

So,.45385= 2,265......then what?

Answer 6

....45385 = which part?

Answer 7

.453 multiply by 5 gave me 2,265 I'm still not sure how many bags of seeds

Answer 8

2(10*8) + 22(4) + 15(6) + 23(5)

160 + 88 + 80 + 115 = 160443 right?

Answer 9

443...calculator lied to me lol

Answer 10

I have 453

Answer 11

your right, 15(6) = 90...tried that in my head

Answer 12

453/1000 = .0453 right? i tried that in my head too :)

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

so she has less than 1000 ft^2 acres, so she needs less then 5lb of seeds...

Answer 15

she has 4.53% of 1000 ft^2 so I would assume she only needs 4.53% of 5 lbs of seeds.... let me check that...

Answer 16

It's asking how many bags will she need to buy.

Answer 17

you got any multiple choice answers to pick from?

Answer 18

nope

Answer 19

you got that 1000 ft^2 right? or is that spose to be 100ft^2 ?

Answer 20

The first part is right 1000

Answer 21

the total square footage of her yard has to be the sum of the parts..... and we did that right :)

10(8) + 10(8) + 22(4) + 6(15) + 23(5)....cant change that

Answer 22

Well,you said that it's 5 lbs that she'll need ...so each bag being 2 lbs,then would that be 21/2 bags?

Answer 23

it says she uses 5 lb seeds to do 1000 ft^2....she only has 453 ft^2 right?

Answer 24

so for every ft^2 she uses how many lbs of seed?

5 x
------ = ----- should be the ratio
1000 1

Answer 25

or:

5 x
------ = ----- should be an equal ratio as well
1000 453

5(453)/1000 = 2.265 lbs

Answer 26

Yes,I have those numbers but still don't know the number of bags of seeds to buy.

Answer 27

she needs 1 bag and a a little more..so if she buys 2 bags total, she should be able to do it.

Answer 28

or 1.1325 bags if theyll let her ;)

Answer 29

So do you think that the answer should be 2 or 1 and a half?

Answer 30

hahaha! That's funny!

Answer 31

if they want an integer answer, I would say 2; if they want a precise anwer, I would go with 1.1325 bags

Answer 32

O.k.,that's helpful.Thanks!