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Rebecca is planting an orange grove that covers 32 acres she uses the same amount of ground space for each tree Rebecca plants 15 trees in a section of the grove that measures 250 feet by 25 feet what is the population density of this section of the grove use 1 acre= 43,560 square feet

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Area of the garden that 15 trees are planted will be:
Area=250×25=6250 ft²
but 1 acre= 43560 ft²
thus converting our area to acres we get:
6250/(43560)
=0.1435 acres
thus the population density will be:
(Population)/(area)
=15/0.1435
=104.544 trees/acre
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