SOLUTION: You work as a grounds keeper for a small local elementary school and must fertilize the grass on the entire campus. You know that 4 containers cover 60 square yards. If the campus

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Question 983748: You work as a grounds keeper for a small local elementary school and must fertilize the grass on the entire campus. You know that 4 containers cover 60 square yards. If the campus has 2,000 square yards of grass area, how many containers of fertilizer will you need?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simple proportion, using ratio for containers to lawn area.

x, how many containers of fertilizer

4%2F60=x%2F2000

1%2F15=x%2F2000

%281%2F15%29%2A2000=%28x%2F2000%292000

x=133%261%2F3, in practice, this might just be 133.