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The label on a 1/6


pound bag of seeds states that it will cover an area of 67 square feet. What is the area that one pound of seeds will cover?

On the double number line below, fill in the given values, then use multiplication to find the missing value. Enter your answers as fractions, mixed numbers, or whole numbers.

The label on a 1/6 ​ pound bag of seeds states that it will cover an area of 67 square-example-1
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Answer:

0.1791 acres (rounded to 4 decimal places)

Step-by-step explanation:

67 pounds seeds 12 acre, the ratio can be written as:

Pounds : Acres = 67 : 12

Since, we want Acres PER POUND of seed, we need to divide Total Acres (12) by Total Pounds (67).

Note: per "quantity", we always divide by that "quantity".

So, we have:

So, 1 pound of seed cover 0.1791 acres of land (rounded to 4 decimal places for accuracy)

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