SOLUTION: a farmer raises corn and soybeans on 450 acres of land. He plants 58 more acres of corn and soybeans. How many acres of corn does he plant?

Question 354018: a farmer raises corn and soybeans on 450 acres of land. He plants 58 more acres of corn and soybeans. How many acres of corn does he plant?

Found 2 solutions by mananth, stanbon:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number of acres of soyabean be x
corn will be x+58
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x+x+58=450
-58
x+x+58-58=450-58
2x=392
/2
x= 392/2
x= 196 acres of soya bean
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so number of acres of corn will be 450-196
=354
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a farmer raises corn and soybeans on 450 acres of land. He plants 58 more acres of corn and soybeans. How many acres of corn does he plant?
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c + s = 450 acres
c = s + 58
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Substitute for "c" and solve for "s".
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s+58 + s = 450
2s = 392
s = 196 acres (amt. of soybean acreage
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c = s+58 = 196+58 = 254
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cheers,
Stan H.
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