document.write( "Question 335366: If a pound of grass seed covers an area of 500 square feet and costs $3.25, what is the cost, in dollars, of the seed needed to cover a level rectangular area that measures 200 feet by 300 feet? \n" ); document.write( "

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Find the total area.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=200%2A300=60000\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then use a proportion,
\n" ); document.write( "$3.25 is to 500 as T is to 60000.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3.25%2F500=T%2F60000\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"T=%2860000%2F500%293.25\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"T=390\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "$390 to cover the 200 x 300 field. \n" ); document.write( "

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