1. Alex has a circular pasture; she wants to plant new grass for her horses. First,...
1. Alex has a circular pasture; she wants to plant new grass for her horses. First, she needs to know the area of the pasture. She has determined the radius to be twenty feet (20ft) 2. The grass seed is sold in bags that covers 30 square feet. How many bags would Alex need? 3. Alex got a quote from a landscaper for $3,500 to seed this area. Alex knows she can buy each bag for $85. Which is the better deal? 4. Alex doesn't believe she can afford his, so she needs a loan from the bank. How much will Alex pay in interest, after three (3) years, on a $5,000 loan with an annual interest rate of 5%? 5. With the extra money Alex had left from the loan, she plans to build a new fence for her coral. She needs to know the perimeter in order to order the fence posts. If the rectangular coral is 120 feet long by 30 feet wide, what is its perimeter? 6. When she called the hardware store, the owner quoted her a price of $1,300. If each post cost $11.50 a piece, how many posts was the man planning for? 7. While in conversation with the hardware store owner, he happened to brag about the speed of his own horses. He wondered what the record was for Alex's horses crossing the length of the coral. Alex knew her one ft) in 17 seconds, what is the rate of this run? horse could cross the length of the coral (120