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Persephone is creating a flower garden in her back yard. If she needs 30 pounds of soil per square foot of the flower garden, how much soil will Persephone need to create her garden?

Persephone is creating a flower garden in her back yard. If she needs 30 pounds of-example-1
User Gmoshkin
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Answer:

The answer is = 4560 pounds

Explanation:

First find the Area of her garden is:

19 × 8 = 152 ft²

So she needs

152 ft² × 30pounds/ft² = 4560 pounds of soil

Answer is 4560 pounds

[Formula of area of parallelogram]

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