A farmer grows two types of grain in his fields. He has a seed budget of $18,000.00 and has spent $8,100.00 to plant wheat seed so far. If barley seed costs $47.00 per acre to plant, what is the maximum number of acres of barley the farmer can plant and still be under budget?

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AZ · Answer

Hello, do you know how to come up with an equation to solve your question?

AZ · Answer

The farmer has a TOTAL budge of 18,000

He grows 2 kinds of grains

He's used up 8,100 of his budget to grow WHEAT
He wants to use the REST of his budget to grow BARLEY

The Barley seeds cost $47 per acre
So how much of the barley seed can he plant?

AZ · Answer

What's the first step you have to do?

Subtract that 8,100 from 18,000 so that way we know how much money is left to spend on barley!

What do you get?
18,000 - 8,100 =

and then after that, you just divide by 47 so you can determine how many acres he can plant barley on with all that money that's left

AZ · Answer

Does that make sense?