Katrina, a Gardner , needs to put grass seeds on the triangle formed by 3 roads below. Each side of the grass triangle is 350 ft. long. If one bag of seed covers 10,000ft^2, Katrina states that she will need to buy 6 bags of grass seed. Adam, a coworker, states that Katrina is buying the wrong amount of grass seed. Determine if Katrina is correct or not. How many bags of grass seed needs to be purchased?

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Katrina, a Gardner , needs to put grass seeds on the triangle formed by 3 roads below. Each side of the grass triangle is 350 ft. long. If one bag of seed covers 10,000ft^2, Katrina states that she will need to buy 6 bags of grass seed. Adam, a coworker, states that Katrina is buying the wrong amount of grass seed. Determine if Katrina is correct or not. How many bags of grass seed needs to be purchased?

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