Question

A pound of fertilizer cover 45 square feet of lawn Vivian bulgakov's lawn measures 8666.7 square feet how much fertilizer to the nearest tenth of a pound does she need to buy

Answer 1

193.

Explanation:

We would solve this question by cross multiplication.

If a sound of fertilizer covers 45 square feet of lawn and the lawn is 8666.7 square feet

To get fertilizer quantity we have

1 pound = 45 square

Unknown = 8666.7 square feet

8666.7/45

= 192.59 when approximated we get 193.

Therefore she has to buy 193 pounds of fertilizer