Question

I buy fertilizer to cover the area of my yard which is 50 feet by 120 feet. The directions for the fertilizer are in square yards. How many yd2 of fertilizer will I need? (round up to the nearest whole number)

Answer 1

We need to find the area of the yard. The area can be found as follows:

`A=w\cdot l`

Where:

`\begin{gathered} w=width=50ft=16.67yd \\ l=length=120ft=40yd \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the area is:

`\begin{gathered} A=(16.67)(40) \\ A\approx667yd^2 \end{gathered}`

Answer:

You will need 667 yd² of fertilizer