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A 12​-pound bag of wildflower seed covers 32 square feet. How many pounds of seed does it take to cover 1 square​ foot?

User Jerry Sha
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Answer:

0.375 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

12 pounds covers 32 sq ft

so if you divide 12 by 32,

you get 0.375 pounds.

you can prove this by multiplying 0.375 by 32.

User Eric Hill
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Answer:

It takes 0.375 pounds to cover 1 square foot.

Step-by-step explanation:

What I did was to divide 12 pounds by 32 square feet, which lead me to the answer of 0.375 pounds.

Equation:

12÷32=0.375

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