A.) A fire currently covers 420 acres and continues to spread at a rate of 60 acres per day. How many total acres will be covered in the next 2 days? Show that answer is reasonable.
B.) Write an expression for the total area covered by the fire in d days.
C.) The firefighters estimate that they can put out the fire at a rate of 80 acres per day. Write an expression for the total area that the firefighters can put out in d days.
D.) set the expressions in parts B and C equal. Solve for d. what does d represent?

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A.) A fire currently covers 420 acres and continues to spread at a rate of 60 acres per day. How many total acres will be covered in the next 2 days? Show that answer is reasonable.
 B.) Write an expression for the total area covered by the fire in d days.
  C.) The firefighters estimate that they can put out the fire at a rate of 80 acres per day. Write an expression for the total area that the firefighters can put out in d days.
 D.) set the expressions in parts B and C equal. Solve for d. what does d represent?