How is 225 divisible by nine

Avegetable garden and a surrounding path are shaped like a square together are 12 ft wide. the path is 1 feet wide. if one bag of gravel covers 8 square feet, how manu bags are needed to cover the path? round your answers to the nearest tenth.

An automated water dispenser fills packets with one liter of water on average, with a standard deviation of 5 milliliter. the manual says that after a year of operation the dispenser should be tested to see if it needs recalibration. a year later a number of filled packets are set aside and measured separately. it is found that the average packet now contains about 0.995 liters. does the dispenser need calibration? explain your answer.

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