Abag of fertilizer covers 33 square feet of lawn. jaycob’s 400 square foot lawn will require 12.12 bags of fertilizer. since jaycob cannot buy 0.12 of a bag, how many bags of fertilizer should he buy?

13 bags

Step-by-step explanation:

1 bag of fertilizer covers 33 ft² of lawn

Jaycob's 400 ft² will require 12.12 bags

Let's see if its correct...

× 1 bag = 12.12121212 bags

Or 12.12 bags(rounded up to two decimal places) . Its correct!

But  since Jaycob cannot buy 12.12 - 12 = 0.12 bags of fertilizer, he will have to buy 13 bags of fertilizer in order to cover the whole lawn.

1/8 3/16 3/4

step-by-step explanation:

you put them as all the same denominator and multiply

12r - 8 - 12

you have to combine like terms. below i have bolded the like terms:

12r - 8 - 12

together it combines to:

12r - 20

hope this !