Josh plans to make bird houses to sell at a craft fair the sample of wood he uses has an area of 1/5 square foot in weighs 1/2 lb the local hardware store sells the wood only by the square yard there are 9 square feet in 1 square yard

a. how many pounds of the wood are there in 1 square yard?

b. if josh needs three square yards of the woods in all how many pounds of the wood does he need
report by nlyons 04.10.2018
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a.) 22.5 lb and b.) 67.5 lb

step-by-step explanation:

a. weight of 1/5 square foot sample of wood = 1/2 lb

multiplying 5 on both sides we get ,

weight of 1 square foot sample of wood=1/2×5=5/2 lb

now, 1 square yard = 9 square feet

thus weight of sample of wood in 1 square yard = 9 ×weight of 1 sq