document.write( "Question 42637: Farmland conversions: The amount of farmland in the US is decreasing by one acre
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document.write( "every 0.00876 hours as farmland is being onverted to non farmland use. At what
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document.write( "rate in acres per day is the farmland decreasing? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #27754 by Nate(3500) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 0.00876 = 876/100,000 \n" ); document.write( "1 acre for 876/100,000 hours * 100,000 \n" ); document.write( "100,000 acres for 876 hours \n" ); document.write( "12,500/3 acres for 36.5 days \n" ); document.write( "25,000/219 acres for 1 day \n" ); document.write( "about 114 acres for 1 day \n" ); document.write( " |