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The farmer harvested 4,000 bushels of grain from 40 acres. The crop produced an average of how many bushels of grain for each acre.

The answer is 100, but I'm confused about how they got that answer.

User Makhiel
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Answer: The answer is 100 because

Step-by-step explanation: If you do 40 x 100, you will get 4000. so use division first so 4000/ 40 or just multiply, 40x 100.

User Chris Gomez
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Answer:

100

Explanation:

Average = Total sum of all numbers/number of items in a set

Average= 4,000/40 = 100

The answer is 100

Hope this explains :)

Have a nice day!

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