Question

Darcy harvests 8 and 3/4 acres of corn every 5/6 hour Darcy harvests corn at a constant rate. how many acres does she harvest per hour

Answer 1

For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables.

We have then:

x: amount of acres of corn harvested

y: number of hours

The corn rate harvested per hour is given by:

`r = (x)/(y)`

Substituting values we have:

`r = (8+(3)/(4))/((5)/(6))`

Rewriting we have:

`r = ((35)/(4))/((5)/(6))`

`r = (210)/(20)`

`r = (21)/(2)`

`r = 10.5 (acres)/(hour)`

Answer:

The acre rate of corn harvested per hour is:

`r = 10.5 (acres)/(hour)`