document.write( "Question 891968: A farmer produced 750 bushels of a certain crop at a cost
\n" ); document.write( "of $20 per bushel. If the farmer sold 2/3 of the bushels for
\n" ); document.write( "double their production cost and sold the remaining bushels
\n" ); document.write( "at 25 percent above their production cost, what was the
\n" ); document.write( "farmer’s gross profit on the sale of the crop?
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$\"20%28%28+2%2F3+%2B+2%2F3+%2B+%28+1%2F3+%2B+%281%2F3%29%2A0.25+%29%29-1+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "In the above, $\"+2%2F3+%2B+2%2F3+\"$ comes from the fact
\n" ); document.write( "that for each 2/3 bushel, sales covers the original
\n" ); document.write( "cost plus an additional 2/3 or double the production
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\n" ); document.write( "For the remaining 1/3 bushel, sales cover the original
\n" ); document.write( "1/3 plus 25% of the 1/3.
\n" ); document.write( "Now, let's simplify
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+2%2F3+%2B+2%2F3+%2B+%28+1%2F3+%2B+%281%2F3%29%2A0.25+%29%29-1+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+4%2F3++%2B+%28+1%2F3+%2B+1%2F12+%29%29-1+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+4%2F3++%2B+%28+4%2F12+%2B+1%2F12+%29%29-1+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+4%2F3++%2B+%28+5%2F12+%29%29-1+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+16%2F12++%2B+%28+5%2F12+%29%29-1+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+21%2F12++%29%29-12%2F12+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20%28%28+9%2F12++%29%29+%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"180%2F12\"$
\n" ); document.write( "15
\n" ); document.write( "Notice that if the original expression,
\n" ); document.write( "20(( 2/3 + 2/3 + ( 1/3 + (1/3)*0.25 ))-1 )
\n" ); document.write( "is put into a calculator or solver we get 15.
\n" ); document.write( "Try entering into www.wolframalpha.com \n" ); document.write( "

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