Question

If one bag of topsoil covers 10 square feet, how many bags are needed to cover this flowr bed?

Answer 1

3 bags are needed to cover the flower bed.

Answer 2

3 bags are needed to cover this flower bed

Explanation:

Use conversion:

1 yard = 3 feet

Area of a triangle(A) is given by:

`A = (1)/(2)bh`

where,

b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.

As per the statement:

From the given diagram:

Base(b) = 3 yards = 9 feet

Height(h) = 2 yard = 6 feet

then;

`A = (1)/(2) \cdot 6 \cdot 9 = 3 \cdot 9 = 27` square feet.

Since, it is given that if one bag of topsoil covers 10 square feet

⇒10 square feet = 1 bag

then\;

in 27 square feet =
`(27)/(10) = 2.7 \approx 3` bag

Therefore, 3 bags are needed to cover this flower bed