document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=137626>Question 137626</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The word problem reads as follows: Farmland Conversion: The amount of farmland in the United States is decreasing by one acre every 0.00876 hours as farmland is being coverted to nonfarm use (American Farmland Trust, www.farmland.org) At what rate in acres per day is the farmland decreasing? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #100670 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=100670\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1/.00876=x/24<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".00876x=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=24/.00876<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2,739.7 acres per day are being lost. </SPAN>\n" );
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