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-A bag of fertilizer covers 2000 square feet of lawn. Find how many bags of fertilizer should be purchased to cover a rectangular lawn 210 feet by 90 feet.

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First, calculate the area of the lawn: 210 feet * 90 feet = 18,900 square feet. Then, divide by the area covered by one bag: 18,900 / 2,000 = 9.45. Since you can't purchase a fraction of a bag, round up to the nearest whole number, which is 10 bags.

Solve. -A Bag of Fertilizer Covers 2000 Square Feet of Lawn