installed in the front lawn and along one side and seeded the remain- der with 3.5 pounds per 1,000 square feet of fine fescue. A landscape crew can install 450 square yards of sod in 8 hours and prepare and seed 550 square yards in 6 hours. a. How many square yards of sod were installed? b. How many hours did it take to install the sod? c. How many square yards were seeded? d Hou many hour did it take to do the seeding?

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Mr. Bell had a new house built, shown in Figure 12-3. He had sod
installed in the front lawn and along one side and seeded the remain-
der with 3.5 pounds per 1,000 square feet of fine fescue. A landscape
crew can install 450 square yards of sod in 8 hours and prepare and
seed 550 square yards in 6 hours.
a. How many square yards of sod were installed?
b. How many hours did it take to install the sod?
c. How many square yards were seeded?
d. How many hours did it take to do the seeding?
Transcribed Image Text:Mr. Bell had a new house built, shown in Figure 12-3. He had sod installed in the front lawn and along one side and seeded the remain- der with 3.5 pounds per 1,000 square feet of fine fescue. A landscape crew can install 450 square yards of sod in 8 hours and prepare and seed 550 square yards in 6 hours. a. How many square yards of sod were installed? b. How many hours did it take to install the sod? c. How many square yards were seeded? d. How many hours did it take to do the seeding?
seeded
50 ft
85 ft
120 ft
30 ft
25 ft
sod
15 ft
95 ft
40 ft
sod
-8 ft -
75 ft
FIGURE 12-3
Illustration of the yard for Exercise 1
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55 ft
Transcribed Image Text:seeded 50 ft 85 ft 120 ft 30 ft 25 ft sod 15 ft 95 ft 40 ft sod -8 ft - 75 ft FIGURE 12-3 Illustration of the yard for Exercise 1 © Cengage Learning 2012 55 ft
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