Question

Jill counts 150 peach trees on 1/2 of the land she owns. She determines that there are 5 trees for every 1,000 square feet of land. About how many acres of land does Jill own? 1 acre= 43,560 square feet.

Answer 1

`1.4` acres of land

Explanation:

Given:

Number of trees on 1/2 of the land owned by Jill = 150

There are 5 trees for every 1,000 square feet of land.

To find: Acres of land owned by Jill

Solution:

As there are 5 trees for every 1,000 square feet of land,

150 trees are on
`(150)/(5)`×1000=30000 square feet of land

Now as Jill has 150 trees on 1/2 of the land, so total land owned by Jill = 2×30000 = 60000 square feet of land

As 1 acre= 43,560 square feet,

Jill owns
`(60000)/(43560) =1.4` acres of land