Question

A lawn company advertises that they can spread 7,500 square feet of grass seed in 2 1/2

hours. find the number of square feet of grass seeds that can spread per hour/

Answer 1

7500 / 2.5 = 3000 square feet an hour

Answer 2

If you would like to know the number of square feet of grass seeds that the lawn company can spread per hour, you can calculate this using the following steps:

7500 square feet ... 2 1/2 hours = 5/2 hours
x square feet = ? ... 1 hour

7500 * 1 = 5/2 * x
7500 = 5/2 * x /*2/5
x = 7500 * 2 / 5
x = 3000 square feet

The correct result would be 3000 square feet.