You are buying lawn seed for the the football field a 10 pound bag of lawn seed covers 2000 square feet.How many 10 pound bags of lawn seed should you buy ?A ten pound bag of lawn seed costs $27.79 what is the total cost of your purchase?
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A football field is 120 yards long (100 yards playing field plus 2 end zones 10 yards each) by 53 1/3 yards wide.1 yard = 3 feet. 120 yards x 3 feet per yard = 360 feet53 1/3 yards x 3 = 160 feet. The area of the football fields is 360 x 160 = 57,600 square feet.1 bag covers 2000 square feet:57,600 / 2,000 = 28.8 bags, round up to 29 bags are needed.1 bag cost $27.79.29 bags x $27.79 = $805.91 total cost.