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It takes 50 oz of grass seed to seed 3000ft ^ 2 of lawn. At this rate, how much would be needed for 7200ft^2 of lawn?

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3000 ft square = 50 ozes of grass seed

7200 ft square = ?

cross multiply


\begin{gathered} \text{amount n}eeded=(7200*50)/(3000) \\ \text{amount n}eeded=(360000)/(3000) \\ \text{amount n}eeded=\text{ 120 oz of grass s}eed \end{gathered}

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