SOLUTION: 2. a bag of lawn fertilizer claims that it will cover 5,000 square feet of grass. If your yard is 27,500 square feet, how many bags of fertilizer will you need?

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Question 98448This question is from textbook Advanced Algebra 1.5 word problems
: 2. a bag of lawn fertilizer claims that it will cover 5,000 square feet of grass. If your yard is 27,500 square feet, how many bags of fertilizer will you need? This question is from textbook Advanced Algebra 1.5 word problems

Found 2 solutions by mathslover, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by mathslover(157) About Me  (Show Source):
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number of bags required = 27,500/5,000
= 5.5 bags

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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We basically have this ratio set up

1_bag%2F5000_square_feet=x_bags%2F27500_square_feet



%281%2F5000%29%2A27500=x Now multiply both sides by 27500


27500%2F5000=x Multiply the fractions


11%2F2=x Reduce


So our answer is

x=11%2F2 or x=5.5 in decimal form


So it takes 5 and a half bags to cover 27,500 square feet