SOLUTION: Plant food C is sprinkled around the base of the plant once every "d" days. Write an algebraic expression that represents the number of times per year plant food C is used.

Question 395998: Plant food C is sprinkled around the base of the plant once every "d" days. Write an algebraic expression that represents the number of times per year plant food C is used.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are roughly 365 days in a year, so the number of times per year is about 365/d.

The surefire way is to use a standard unit conversion -- for example:

(1 time)/(d days) * (365 days)/(1 year) = 365/d times/year

You can't go wrong with unit conversions.
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