THE CITY RECREATION DEPARTMENT PLANS TO PLANT GRASS SEED ON A SOCCER FIELD THAT IS 100 YARDS LONG AND 60 YARDS WIDE AT THE COST OF 1200$. A SECOND FIELD WHICH MEASURES 50 YARDS LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE ALSO NEEDS GRASS SEED PLANTED. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO PLANT GRASS SEED ON THE SECOND FIELD IN DOLLARS?

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THE CITY RECREATION DEPARTMENT PLANS TO PLANT GRASS SEED ON A SOCCER FIELD THAT IS 100 YARDS LONG AND 60 YARDS WIDE  AT THE COST OF 1200$. A SECOND FIELD WHICH MEASURES 50 YARDS LONG AND 20 YARDS WIDE ALSO NEEDS GRASS SEED PLANTED. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO PLANT GRASS SEED ON THE SECOND FIELD IN DOLLARS?

anonymous · Answer

i just screamed this entire problem to myself in my head

anonymous · Answer

DID YOU KNOW YOU'RE TYPING IN ALL CAPITALS?????????????

So it costs $1200 to seed a 100x60 field....or a 600 yd^2 field

Set up a proportion

1200 / 600 = x / (50*20)

anonymous · Answer

alright well i did a proportion for this one. i did 6000/1200 (100x60) and 100/x (20x50) cross multiply and divide

anonymous · Answer

Or you might notice that 1200 / 600 is 2. So it costs $2 for every yd^2.

anonymous · Answer

1000/x*