Question

A bag of Super Green Lawn Fertilizer covers 9,500 square feet.What is the largest square lawn that can be fertilized using one bag of fertilizer? Round to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

(97 feet by 97 feet) square area.

Explanation:

One bag of Super Green Lawn Fertilizer covers 9500 square feet area of lawn.

Let us assume that an 'a' feet square is the largest square lawn that can be fertilized using one bag of fertilizer.

Hence, a² = 9500, ⇒ a = 97.468 feet.

So, round to the nearest foot, (97 feet by 97 feet) square lawn can be fertilized. (Answer)