A hexagonal plot of land measures 280 feet long on a side. If you use grass seed at a rate of 50 pounds per acre, how many pounds of grass seed will be needed to seed the entire plot? The area of a hexagon can be found using the formula , where a is the length of a side.

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A hexagonal plot of land measures 280 feet long on a side. If you use grass seed at a rate of 50 pounds per acre, how many pounds of grass seed will be needed to seed the entire plot? The area of a hexagon can be found using the formula <img alt='image_008_013.png' src='https://www.fatskills.com/images3/workkeys/image_008_013.png'/>, where a is the length of a side.