SOLUTION: Jeremy plans to fertilize his 60-by-80 foot yard. One bag of fertilizer will cover 200 square yards. How many bags will Jeremy need to cover his yard? [Hint: convert the dimens

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Question 1086451: Jeremy plans to fertilize his 60-by-80 foot yard. One bag of fertilizer will cover 200 square yards. How many bags will Jeremy need to cover his yard? [Hint: convert the dimensions of the yard from feet to yards]
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, josmiceli:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The yard is 4800 ft^2
9 sq ft is 1 sq yd (3 x 3 ft)
Therefore, it is 533.33 yds^2. He need part of a third bag, so he needs 3 bags.
Check--that is 20 x 26 2/3 yd or 533 1/3 yds^2,

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The yard measures +60%2A80+ square feet
That is +60+ ft by +80+ ft
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Convert feet to yards
+60%2F3+=+20+ yds
+80%2F3+=+26.667+ yds
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In square yds, it measures:
+20%2A26.667+=+533.333+
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+533.333+%2F+200+=+2.667+ bags needed
Jeremy needs 3 bags to cover the yard.
He will use 2 full bags and 2/3 of another bag
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Check my math!
( It's kind of confusing that they talk about "yards"
as a unit of measure referring to a "yard"
that he is covering. They should have called it
a "lawn' -Oh well )