SOLUTION: Suppose that a package of lawn fertilizer costs $3.95 and covers a total of 40 square feet of lawn. If your lawn is a rectangle 17 feet 7 inches long and 12 feet 10 inches wide, ho

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Question 966541: Suppose that a package of lawn fertilizer costs $3.95 and covers a total of 40 square feet of lawn. If your lawn is a rectangle 17 feet 7 inches long and 12 feet 10 inches wide, how much will it cost to fertalize the lawn using these packages?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is a raw proportion, using c as the COST for fertilizing that lawn.

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