SOLUTION: Josh's parents are planting grass in an area of their backyard.The area is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide.One bag of grass seed will cover 12 square feet. How many bags of grass seed

Question 922507: Josh's parents are planting grass in an area of their backyard.The area is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide.One bag of grass seed will cover 12 square feet. How many bags of grass seed do they need to cover the entire area of their backyard?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

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A = Lw = (8ft)(gft) = 48ft^2

48ft^2/12ft^2 = 4 bags to cover the entire area of their backyard 

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