Question

Andy, a city horticulturalist, is

developing a new park over an old
city lot. (The center of the park
features a koi pond that will cover
1,245 square feet. The remaining
space will need to be covered with
grass seed. If a 50-pound bag of
grass seed covers up to 7,500
square feet, how many bags of
grass seed will Andy need to buy
to seed the rest of the park?

Height: 150 ft
Base: 108 ft

Answer 1

First, we need to find the area of the park:

Area of the park = base x height

Area of the park = 108 ft x 150 ft

Area of the park = 16,200 square feet

We know that the koi pond will cover 1,245 square feet, so the remaining space that needs to be covered with grass seed is:

16,200 square feet - 1,245 square feet = 14,955 square feet

Now we can calculate the number of bags of grass seed needed:

Number of bags = Area to be covered / Area covered by one bag

Number of bags = 14,955 square feet / 7,500 square feet per bag

Number of bags = 1.994

Since we can't buy a fraction of a bag, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Andy will need to buy 2 bags of grass seed to seed the rest of the park.