Question

One 3.8 lb bag of fertilizer covers 1000 square feet each bag cost $9.95 the square feet of the yard is 1307.25 ft squared how many bags are needed to cover the garden??

Answer 1

Exactly 1.30725 bags are needed to cover the garden.

Explanation:

We have a yard with a surface of 1307.25 square feet.

We know that one bag of fertilizer covers 1000 square feet.

We want to know how many bags are needed to cover the garden. We can calculate the number of bags as:

`B=S\cdot b=1307.25\;\text{sq.ft.}\cdot \frac{1\,\text{bag}}{1000\,\text{sq.ft.}}=1.30725\,\text{bags}`

B: number of bags needed for the yard.

S: surface of the yard.

b: number of bags per square foot.