Jim's rectangular flower bed measures 91 cm long and 64 cm wide. He wants to cover...

 

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Jim's rectangular flower bed measures 91 cm long and 64 cm wide. He wants to cover the flower bed in mulch. He knows the area each bag of mulch covers, but only in square feet. (a) Find the area of Jim's flower bed in square feet. Do not round intermediate computations and round your final answer to two decimal places. Use the table of conversion facts, as needed. (b) Jim wants to cover his flower bed with mulch. He doesn't have any to begin with and he can't buy partial bags of mulch. Each bag of mulch covers 2.6 ft. How many whole bags of mulch does Jim need to buy to completely cover his flower bed? bags (c) If each bag of mulch costs $4.68, how much will he need to spend on mulch? Write your answer to the nearest cent. Conversion facts for length -2.54 centimeters (cm) - 30.48 centimeters (cm) 0.91 meters (m) 1.61 kilometers (km) Note that means "is approximately equal to". For this problem, treat as if it were. 1 inch (in) 1 foot (ft) 1 yard (yd) 1 mile (mi) Jim's rectangular flower bed measures 91 cm long and 64 cm wide. He wants to cover the flower bed in mulch. He knows the area each bag of mulch covers, but only in square feet. (a) Find the area of Jim's flower bed in square feet. Do not round intermediate computations and round your final answer to two decimal places. Use the table of conversion facts, as needed. (b) Jim wants to cover his flower bed with mulch. He doesn't have any to begin with and he can't buy partial bags of mulch. Each bag of mulch covers 2.6 ft. How many whole bags of mulch does Jim need to buy to completely cover his flower bed? bags (c) If each bag of mulch costs $4.68, how much will he need to spend on mulch? Write your answer to the nearest cent. Conversion facts for length -2.54 centimeters (cm) - 30.48 centimeters (cm) 0.91 meters (m) 1.61 kilometers (km) Note that means "is approximately equal to". For this problem, treat as if it were. 1 inch (in) 1 foot (ft) 1 yard (yd) 1 mile (mi)

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