document.write( "Question 214674: A piece of land costs $41, 000 for 3 5/12 acres. What is the cost per acre?\r
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A piece of land costs $41, 000 for 3 5/12 acres. What is the cost per acre?\r
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document.write( "The little word \"per\" always means \"divided by\", so\r\n" );
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document.write( "the words \"cost per acre\" means \"cost divided by acres\", so\r\n" );
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document.write( "We change the mixed fraction to an improper fraction,\r\n" );
document.write( "and write the  as the improper fraction \r\n" );
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document.write( "We change the problem to a multiplication problem by\r\n" );
document.write( "inverting the second fraction and changing the division\r\n" );
document.write( "symbol to a multiplication symbol:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we cancel the  into the  and get ,\r\n" );
document.write( "then we multiply tops and bottoms and get:\r\n" );
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document.write( "or $12,000 per acre.\r\n" );
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