Question

The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona recently expanded their boundaries by 93,533 acres. The original acreage was 125,000. Write and solve a subtraction equation to find the new acreage of the park.

Answer 1

Answer: The new acreage of the park is 218,533.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Original acreage = 125,000

Expanded boundary by = 93,533 acres

We need to find the new acreage of the park.

so,we will use

`New\ acreage=Original\ acreage+Expanded\\\\New\ acreage=125000+93533\\\\New\ acreage=218,533`

Hence, The new acreage of the park is 218,533.