SOLUTION: One person has harvested during the morning 1/3 of a field and in the afternoon half of the rest. If you still have 170 hectares, what is the total area of the field?

Question 1092260: One person has harvested during the morning 1/3 of a field and in the afternoon half of the rest. If you still have 170 hectares, what is the total area of the field?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2/3 of the field is left, and 1/2 of that is

So they have harvested
and is left
Let = the total area of the field

hectares

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