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Mila plants 820 hectares of potatoes and corn. To maximise his profit he plants 140 hectares more of potatoes than of corn. How many hectares of each does he plant?

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Answer:

480 Hectares potatoes, 340 Hectares corn

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the land used to plant potatoes in hectares.

Let y be the land used to plant corn in hectares.

Given the information from the question, we know that:

x + y = 820 - Equation 1

and

x - y = 140 - Equation 2

as you can see here we have 2 equations, means we can solve them simulteanously to solve for both. We will use elimination method.

We will use Equation 1 - Equation 2.

x-x+y-(-y)=820-140

2y = 680

y = 680 ÷ 2 = 340 hectares

We substiture y into equation 1 to find x

x + 340 = 820

x = 820 - 340

= 480 hectares

Therefore, 480 hectares of potatoes and 340 hectares of corn were planted.

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Answer:

  1. p=x+140whilec=x x+140+x=820ans=340 Answer=corn 340. while potatoes 480
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