Amy has a garden covering 900 square feet.

a. If she wants to plant moss roses on 10% of the garden, how many square feet will moss roses cover? Write and solve a percent equation to solve this problem.

b. If the garden occupies 25% of Amy's yard, what is the area of her yard in square feet? Write and solve a percent equation to solve this problem.

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Brendan Cox

26 May, 13:46

Amy has a garden covering 900 square feet.

a. If she wants to plant moss roses on 10% of the garden, how many square feet will moss roses cover? Write and solve a percent equation to solve this problem.

b. If the garden occupies 25% of Amy's yard, what is the area of her yard in square feet? Write and solve a percent equation to solve this problem.

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Bruce Allen · Answer 1

A. 900/10=90 therefore, 10% of the garden will be covered moss roses so that transfers to 90 square feet

B. 900 square feet is equal to 25% of the garden so 900x4=3600 therefore, the area of the yard in square feet could either be 30x120, 60x60, or 180x20