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 960 pounds of the seed mixture? Select the correct option.
A) 6
B) 12
C) 20
D) 24
E) 120
If the mixture contains 2 pounds of timothy, the mixture must be 40 pounds.   Thus we need 40 pounds of mixture per acre.   960 / 40= 
<gadget id="calculator">960 / 40</gadget>
<output>24</output>
24 acres   The answer is 24.
<result>D</result>
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 960 pounds of the seed mixture?