SOLUTION: If 15 pounds of fertillizer will cover 1500 square feet of lawn, how much fertilizer is needed to cover 2500 square feet?
It would require ______ pounds to cover 2500 square feet.
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It would require ______ pounds to cover 2500 square feet.
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Question 40226: If 15 pounds of fertillizer will cover 1500 square feet of lawn, how much fertilizer is needed to cover 2500 square feet?
It would require ______ pounds to cover 2500 square feet.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Set up a proportion, cross-multiply and solve for x...here goes...
15 / 1500 = x / 2500 (you should be able to see the answer 25 already, but...)
1500x = 37500
x = 37500/1500
x = 25 pounds
