document.write( "Question 1154380: A 3​-pound bag of wildflower seed covers 24 square feet. How many pounds of seed does it take to cover 1 square​ foot? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "There are many ways to express the answer.
\n" ); document.write( "You could go with a fraction and that would be 1/8 of a pound.
\n" ); document.write( "Or you could write the answer in decimal form to say 0.125 pounds.
\n" ); document.write( "If you wish to convert to ounces, then the answer would be 2 ounces.
\n" ); document.write( "All of these answers represent the same thing.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Heres how to get the answer:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3 pounds = 24 square feet
\n" ); document.write( "3/24 pounds = 24/24 square feet ... divide both sides by 24
\n" ); document.write( "1/8 pounds = 1 square foot ... note how we have 1 square foot
\n" ); document.write( "0.125 pounds = 1 square foot
\n" ); document.write( "2 ounces = 1 square foot\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How did I go from 1/8 of a pound to 2 ounces? I used the fact that 16 ounces = 1 pound, so,
\n" ); document.write( "16 ounces = 1 pound
\n" ); document.write( "16/8 ounces = 1/8 pound ... divide both sides by 8
\n" ); document.write( "2 ounces = 1/8 pound
\n" ); document.write( "2 ounces = 0.125 pound
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