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Darcy harvests 8.3/4 acres of corn every 5/6 end fraction of an hour. Darcy harvests corn at a constant rate. How many acres does she harvest per hour?

Sagot :

Given:

Darcy harvests [tex]8\dfrac{3}{4}[/tex] acres of corn every [tex]\dfrac{5}{6}[/tex] of an hour.

Darcy harvests corn at a constant rate.

To find:

How many acres does she harvest per hour?

Solution:

We have,

Acres harvest in [tex]\dfrac{5}{6}[/tex] of an hours = [tex]8\dfrac{3}{4}[/tex]

Acres harvest in 1 hour = [tex]8\dfrac{3}{4}\times \dfrac{6}{5}[/tex]

                                      = [tex]\dfrac{32+3}{4}\times \dfrac{6}{5}[/tex]

                                      = [tex]\dfrac{35}{4}\times \dfrac{6}{5}[/tex]

Cancel out the common factors, we get

Acres harvest in 1 hour = [tex]\dfrac{7}{2}\times \dfrac{3}{1}[/tex]

                                      = [tex]\dfrac{21}{2}[/tex]

                                      = [tex]10\dfrac{1}{2}[/tex]

Therefore, she can harvest [tex]10\dfrac{1}{2}[/tex] acres of corn per hour.