document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1106089>Question 1106089</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of one field is 16 acres, and the area of the second field is 1 1/4  times bigger. A barn of wheat on the first field makes up 37 1/2 thousands of pounds per acre, and on the second 1 2/15  times as much per acre. How much more wheat was gathered from the second field than from the first? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I read the given information differently than the other tutor....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first field has an area of 16 acres; the second has an area \"1 1/4 times bigger\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Most people will interpret that incorrectly, saying the area of the second field is 16 time 1 1/4, which is 20.  But the grammatically correct interpretation of \"1 1/4 times bigger\" is the size of the first field, plus 1 1/4 more times the size of the first field.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the size of the second field in acres is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16+%2B+1.25%2A16+=+36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16+%2B+1.25%2A16+=+36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the first field has an area of 16 acres and the second has an area of 36 acres.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first field yields 37.5 thousand pounds of wheat per acre.  The total amount of wheat from the first field is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%2A37500+=+600000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%2A37500+=+600000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The yield from the second filed is 1 2/15 times as much per acre as the first field.  The yield in pounds per acre for the second field is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=37500%2A%2817%2F15%29+=+40500 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"37500%2A%2817%2F15%29+=+40500\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the total amount of wheat from the second field is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=36%2A40500+=+1458000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"36%2A40500+=+1458000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference in the total yield from the two fields is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1458000-600000+=+858000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1458000-600000+=+858000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second field yielded 858 thousand pounds more of wheat. </SPAN>\n" );
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