Question

One bag of lawn fertilizer can cover approximately 6,000 square feet. Mike's lawn is about 300 square feet. When Mike applies fertilizer to his lawn, he applies it to 2/3 of his lawn only. About how many complete times can Mike fertilize his lawn with one bag of fertilizer?

Answer 1

Mike fertilize his lawn with one bag of fertilizer = 19.33 times

Explanation:

Given - One bag of lawn fertilizer can cover approximately 6,000 square feet. Mike's lawn is about 300 square feet. When Mike applies fertilizer to his lawn, he applies it to 2/3 of his lawn only.

To find - About how many complete times can Mike fertilize his lawn with one bag of fertilizer?

Solution -

Given that,

1 bag of fertilizer can cover approximately 6,000 square feet.

Now,

Mike's Lawn = 300 square feet

He applied fertilizer to 2/3 of his lawn only.

i.e

He applied fertilizer to (2/3)×300 = 200 square feet of lawn

Now,

Total fertilizer left to cover = 6,000 - 200 = 5800 square feet

Now,

Let x be the times for which he fertilize his lawn fully

SO,

300x = 5,800

⇒3x = 58

⇒x = 19.33

∴ we get

Mike fertilize his lawn with one bag of fertilizer = 19.33 times