Question

Omor is preparing the soil in his garden for planting squash. The directions say to use 4 poundsof fertilizer for 160 square feet of soil The area of Omar's garden is 200 square feet.How much fertilizer is needed for a 200 square-foot garden?1

Answer 1

So the formula say 4 pounds of fertilizer for 160 square feet and he has to made for 200 square feet so we can made a rule of 3 so:

$\begin{gathered} 4\to160 \\ x\to200 \end{gathered}$

and the equation will be:

$\begin{gathered} x=\frac{200\cdot4}{160} \\ x=5 \end{gathered}$

So he need 5 pounds of fertilizer