Five percent of a certain grass seed is timothy. If the amount of the mixture needed to plant one acre contains 2 pounds of timothy, how many acres can be planted with 240 pounds of the seed mixture?
Choices
A) 6	B) 12	C) 20	D) 24	E) 120
Five percent of a certain grass seed is timothy. If the amount of the mixture needed to plant one acre contains 2 pounds of timothy, how many acres can be planted with 240 pounds of the seed mixture?   Amount of timothy needed for one acre is 2 pounds.   So the amount of grass seed needed for one acre is   = 2 (100/5) = 40 pounds   So the no.of acres that can be planted with 240 pounds is   = 240/40= 
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6   The answer is 6.
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Five percent of a certain grass seed is timothy. If the amount of the mixture needed to plant one acre contains 2 pounds of timothy, how many acres can be planted with 240 pounds of the seed mixture?