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A pound of fertilizer covers 31 square feet of lawn. Vivian​ Bulgakov's lawn measures 9480.5 square feet. How much​ fertilizer, to the nearest tenth of a​ pound, does she need to​ buy?

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Answer:

a lot

Explanation:

User Harry Sarshogh
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305.8 lbs of fertilizer
the way to find this is to divide the amount of square feet of the yard by the amount of fertilizer one pound will cover
divide 9480.5 by 31 and you will get 305.822581
rounding off to the nearest tenth is 305.8
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