Question

Amy has a garden covering 900 square feet.
a. If she wants to plant moss roses on 10% of the garden, how many square feet will moss roses cover? Write and solve a percent equation to solve this problem.
b. If the garden occupies 25% of Amy's yard, what is the area of her yard in square feet? Write and solve a percent equation to solve this problem.

Answer 1

For a.) you would multiply 900 by 10% which is the same thing as 900 times .1 which is 90. so its 90 square feet. and the equation is 900 * .1 = 90
For b.) you would divide 900 by 25% which is 900 divided by .25 which is 3600 square feet.

Answer 2

So....
a.) 90 squared feet
b.) 3600 squared feet