Of the land owned by a farmer, 90 percent was cleared for planting.

Of the land owned by a farmer, 90 percent was cleared for planting. Of the cleared land, 20 percent was planted with potato and 70 percent of the cleared land was planted with tomato. If the remaining 630 acres of cleared land was planted with corn, how many acres did the farmer own?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

7000

Steps/Work

20% od 90% = 18%, 70% 0f 90% = 63% so the remaining 90-18-63=9%=630 acres or 10% of 90%=9% --> 630/9*100=7000 acres Answer (A)

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Of the land owned by a farmer, percent was cleared for planting. Of the cleared land, percent was planted with potato and percent of the cleared land was planted with tomato. If the remaining acres of cleared land was planted with corn, how many acres did the farmer own?

Calculated Answer

7000

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate n3 / ((100 - n1 - n2) / 100 * n0 / 100).

n0 =90
n1 =20
n2 =70
n3 =630