document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=79473>Question 79473</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me! I don't even know where to start with this!!! If I can just get it set up I can take it from there!!! \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A farmer had 1200 acres of land on which he grows corn, wheat, and soybeans. It costs $45 per acre to grow corn, $60 for wheat and $50 for soybeans. Because of the market demand he will grow twice as many acres of wheat as of corn. He has allocated $63,750 for the cost of growing crops. How many acres of each crop should he plant? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #57039 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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=57039\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer had 1200 acres of land on which he grows corn, wheat, and soybeans. It costs $45 per acre to grow corn, $60 for wheat and $50 for soybeans. Because of the market demand he will grow twice as many acres of wheat as of corn. He has allocated $63,750 for the cost of growing crops. How many acres of each crop should he plant?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let c,w,and s be respectively the # of acres of corn, wheat, and soybeans.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATIONS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45c+60w+50s=63750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+w+s=1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2c=w<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c  +  w + s= 1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2c -  w + 0= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45c+60w+50s=63750<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I used the TI calculator to get the following solutions:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=450<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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