Question

A lawn company advertises that they can spread 7,500 square feet of grass seed in 2 1/2 hours . Find the number of square feet of grass seed that can be spread per hour

Answer 1

if your divide 7,500 by 2 1/2 hours, you get 3,000, the number of grass seeds laid per hour

Answer 2

3,000 square feet/hour

Explanation:

A lawn company can spread grass in
`2(1)/(2)` hours = 7,500 sq.ft.

`2(1)/(2)` hours = 2.5 hours

To find the number of square feet of grass that can be spread per hour, we will divide 7,500 by 2.5.

In one hour they can spread grass seed =
`(7500)/(2.5)`

= 3,000 square feet/hour

They can spread grass seed 3,000 square feet per hour.