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, A Farmer has 240 acres under cultivation at the cost $188.99 per acre. If he averages a yield of 60 bushel per
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acre, what profit is expected if the price per bushel is $5.67 - ✔✔First figure out total cost cultivation.
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$189.99 per acre x 240 acres = $45,357.60 So basically it costs the farmer $45,357.60 to maintain 240 acres.
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Next, figure out how much he earns per bushel. 60 bushels per acre x 240 acres- 14,400 bushel total. 14,400
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x $5.67 (cost per bushel) = $81,648 $81,648 is how much he earns, but you have to subtract $45,357.60
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because that's how much he is losing (spending) to maintain his farm
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$81,648-$45,357.60 = $36,290.40 j j j
( Rounded to the tenths)
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Sarah ran a 24 mile race. She ran 6 miles in 1.6 hours, 6 miles in 1.2 hours, 6 miles in 1.3 hours 6 miles in1.5
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hours. How long did it take her to finish the race? - ✔✔5 ½ hrs
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An office worker mails 25 envelopes to customers each day. Every envelope contains 3 reports with a paper
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j clip contains 3 report with a paper clip on each one. The supply of paper clip is provided in boxes of 500. How
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many days will it take for the clerk to use up one box of paper clips? - ✔✔6.66 0r 7 days
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Train A leaves the station at 1:45 traveling at a constant speed of 65 mph. If it arrives at its destination at 3:15,
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how many miles did it travel? - ✔✔If the train leaves at 1:45 and arrives at 3:15 it has been traveling for 1.5
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hours. to find how far it has traveled, we multiply by the speed: 1.5*65=97.5
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Leslie is blowing up one of her favorite photographs to hang on her wall. If the photo's original length and
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height were 8 inches and 15 inches, and the new height is 4 feet, how many feet must the new picture be? -
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