Question

Ninety percent of a large field is cleared for planting. Of the cleared land, 50 percent is planted with blueberry plants and 40 percent is planted with strawberry plants. If the remaining 360 acres of cleared land is planted with gooseberry plants, what is the size, in acres, of the original field?*

Answer 1

For the given question, let the size of the original field = x

Ninety percent of a large field is cleared for planting

So, the size of the cleared land = 90% of x = 0.9x

50 percent is planted with blueberry plants and 40 percent is planted with strawberry plants.

So, the size of the land planted with blueberry plants and strawberry plants =

`0.5\cdot0.9x+0.4\cdot0.9x=0.45x+0.36x=0.81x`

The remaining will be = 0.9x - 0.81x = 0.09x

Given: the remaining 360 acres of cleared land is planted with gooseberry plants

so,

`0.09x=360`

divide both sides by (0.09) to find x:

`x=(360)/(0.09)=4,000`

So, the answer will be:

The size of the original field = 4,000 acres