Question

93.8% complete This is a Single Choice Question; skip ahead to question content A B C D E Confirm You planted 488 acres of corn last season. You sold all your corn: 8,120 bushels in August and 64,100 bushels in September. What is your yield per acre, rounded to the nearest bushel per acre?

Answer 1

148

Explanation:

The total yield was ...

64,100 +8,120 = 72,220 bushels

The average yield was ...

(72,200 bu)/(488 ac) = 148 bu/ac

Your yield per acre is 148 bushels.

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Comment on corn yield

Average corn yield in the US in 2018 was 176.4 bushels per acre. The highest was 270 bu/ac in a southeastern Washington county.