SOLUTION: Technological advances in farming made it possible to increase the crop of potatoes from 1 acre by 4 tons. As a result, from a field of 320 acres 640 tons of potatoes more were col

Question 1116125: Technological advances in farming made it possible to increase the crop of potatoes from 1 acre by 4 tons. As a result, from a field of 320 acres 640 tons of potatoes more were collected than before from a field of 400 acres. How many tons of potatoes were collected before the new methods and how many after the introduction of the new technology?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = tons of potatoes per acre collected
before new methods
= tons of potatoes collected after
the new technology
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and

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Before new methods:

2,560 tons were collected
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After new methods:

3,840 tons were collected
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check:

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