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A bag of fertilizer covers 3000 square feet of lawn. Find how many bags of fertilizer should be purchased to cover a rectangular lawn 260 feet by 120 feet. *Round up to the nearest integer*

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The first step is to find the area of the lawn. This can be done by multiplying its dimensions, so: 260 x 120. This equals 31,200.

Now to find how many bags of fertilizer are needed, divide 31,200 by 3000. This equals 10.4, but must be rounded up to 11 bags of fertilizer.
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The number of bags of fertilizer should be purchased to cover a rectangular lawn 260 feet by 120 feet is 9.53 bags.

First step is to find the area of the lawn  

Area = 260 ft × 110 ft

Area = 28600 ft2

Second step is to calculate  how many bags of fertilizer

Number of bags=Area/3,000ft

Number of bags=28600 ft / 3000 ft

Number of bags= 9.53 bags

Inconclusion the number of bags of fertilizer should be purchased to cover a rectangular lawn 260 feet by 120 feet is 9.53 bags.

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