a football field is 9600 square yards . if 1200 pounds of fertilizer are spread evenly across the entire field , how many pounds of fertilizer were spread over an area of the field totaling 5600 square yards ?
answer c ) 9600 yards need 1200 lbs 1 yard will need 1200 / 9600 = 1 / 8 lbs 3600 yards will need 1 / 8 * 5600 yards = 700 lbs
multiply(5600, divide(1200, 9600))