Farmer brown needs to fertilize his hay pasture before spring arrives. he knows that the perimeter of his pasture is 1000 feet and that the width is 200 feet. if one bag of fertilizer will cover 5000 square feet, how many bags of fertilizer does farmer brown need to buy? show your work.

40 bags

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The dimension of farmers pasture is 1000 feet by 200 feet.

The area of pasture=

Since, area covered by 1 bag of fertilizer= 5000 square feet

Therefore, the amount of fertilizer required for 1 square feet of area=

The amount of fertilizer required for 5000 square feet of area=

Therefore, the amount of fertilizer required for 5000 square feet of area= 40 bags