If five bags of mulch covers 32 square feet, how many square feet could 16 bags cover?

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5/32 = 16/x

Cross multiply and solve for x.

To find out how many square feet 16 bags of mulch could cover, we'll first calculate the coverage of one bag.

If 5 bags cover 32 square feet, we can divide the total coverage by the number of bags:

32 square feet ÷ 5 bags = 6.4 square feet per bag.

Now, we can find out how many square feet 16 bags could cover by multiplying the coverage per bag by the number of bags:

6.4 square feet per bag × 16 bags = 102.4 square feet.

Therefore, 16 bags of mulch could cover approximately 102.4 square feet.

You need to setup a porportion and cross multiply.

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