SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem on one-step equations. Eight workers a hired to weed a field by hand.Each is given a plot which is 5x7 feet in size. What is the total area of the

Question 646400: Please help me with this problem on one-step equations. Eight workers a hired to weed a field by hand.Each is given a plot which is 5x7 feet in size. What is the total area of the field? I tried mulitplying 5 by 7 and getting 35 and then trying to divide that by 8 like this:x*8= 35 But i don't know for sure if that is right. Thank you
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, stanbon:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

No. EACH of the 8 workers gets a 5 by 7 plot. So EACH of the 8 workers has 35 square feet to weed. So you don't want to divide by 8, you want to ...

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please help me with this problem on one-step equations. Eight workers a hired to weed a field by hand.Each is given a plot which is 5x7 feet in size. What is the total area of the field?
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Area for each worker: 5*7 = 35 sq. ft.
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Total area for 8 workers: 8*35 = 280 sq. ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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