Jayden wants to lay sod on his front yard and on half of his back yard. his front yard has a length of 50 feet and a width of 80 feet. his back yard has a length of 10 feet and a width of 30 feet. how many square feet of sod does jayden need to purchase?
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The first thing we must do for this case is to calculate the area of both yards. We have then: front yard: A1 = (50) * (80) A1 = 4000 feet ^ 2 Back yard: A2 = (10) * (30) A2 = 300 feet ^ 2 "Jayden wants to lay sod on his front yard and on half of his back yard" Then, the total amount will be: A = A1 + (1/2) A2 Substituting: A = 4000 + (1/2) (300) A = 4000 + 150 A = 4150 feet ^ 2 Answer: jayden needs to purchase 4150 square feet of sod