Question

Pepper Jackie has 7.5 bags of mulch to cover 12 yds squared 2 of edible flower beds. If she wants to distribute the mulch evenly over the beds, about how many bags will she need to use for each sqaure yard?

Answer 1

Explanation:

7.5 bags cover 12 yards square

So, 12 yard square covered by 7.5 bags

1 yard square cover 7.5 / 12 = 0.625 bags

Answer 2

`(5)/(8)`

Explanation:

Data provided in the question

Number of bags of mulch = 7.5 bags

Number of square yards = 12

So by considering above information, we could find the number of bags for each square yard is

=
`(Number\ of\ bags\ of\ mulch )/(Number\ of\ square\ yards )`

=
`(7.5)/(12)`

= 0.625

The 0.625 is equal to
`(5)/(8)` bag

Therefore, she need to use
`(5)/(8)` bag for each square yard

Basically we use the fraction so that each square yard for use of bag could be find out