You are designing the garden of your dream and you are going to start with a blank canvas. That means killing everything before putting down new plants. To do this, you are going to use herbicide to kill the overgrown weed. You have a lot of land that measures 25.6 yard by 20.4 yard. Each bottle of herbicide holds 12 fluid oz (fl oz). The instruction says to mix 1.9 fl oz with 1.0 gallon of water and that will treat an area of 155 ft2. How many bottles of herbicide will you need? Remember that you can't buy a fraction of a bottle but for this purpose, let's pretend that you can. to the correct number of significant figures.

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You are designing the garden of your dream and you are going to start with a blank canvas. That
means killing everything before putting down new plants. To do this, you are going to use herbicide
to kill the overgrown weed.
You have a lot of land that measures 25.6 yard by 20.4 yard. Each bottle of herbicide holds 12 fluid
oz (fl oz). The instruction says to mix 1.9 fl oz with 1.0 gallon of water and that will treat an area of
155 ft?. How many bottles of herbicide will you need?
Remember that you can't buy a fraction of a bottle but for this purpose, let's pretend that you can.
Report the answer to the correct number of significant figures.
Transcribed Image Text:You are designing the garden of your dream and you are going to start with a blank canvas. That means killing everything before putting down new plants. To do this, you are going to use herbicide to kill the overgrown weed. You have a lot of land that measures 25.6 yard by 20.4 yard. Each bottle of herbicide holds 12 fluid oz (fl oz). The instruction says to mix 1.9 fl oz with 1.0 gallon of water and that will treat an area of 155 ft?. How many bottles of herbicide will you need? Remember that you can't buy a fraction of a bottle but for this purpose, let's pretend that you can. Report the answer to the correct number of significant figures.
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