Question

A farmer owns a total of 9 9 acres of land. The land is separated into 7 equally sized sections. How many acres are in each section? Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

The total area of land is A = 9 1/3 acres.

Determine the area of each section.

`\begin{gathered} a=(9(1)/(3))/(7) \\ =(28)/(3\cdot7) \\ =(28)/(21) \\ =1(7)/(21) \\ =1(1)/(3) \end{gathered}`

So area of each section is 1 1/3 acres.