document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1144667>Question 1144667</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ref. Question 1144481:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An acre field has 3 plants per hill.  The rows are 3'6\" apart, with hills 3'6\" apart. **\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate total number of plants.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3'6\" = 3.5 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An acre = 43560 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p = number of plants.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "** Information about the hills was excluded in original post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure how to solve.  Non-homework.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The planting scheme is still not described clearly enough.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The two answers from other tutors simply calculate how many square hills 3 feet 6 inches on a side will fit in an acre.  That interpretation means the hills are all adjacent to each other -- which means they aren't hills at all.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With rows 3 feet 6 inches apart, and the hills 3 feet 6 inches apart (in each row), I think the arrangement of the hills (\"XXXXX\") looks something like this (pardon the crude text \"drawing\"):<br><PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">\r\n" );
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document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( " ...|XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|  <-- row; hills 3'6\" apart\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( "    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |  <-- 3'6\" between rows\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( " ...|XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|  <-- row; hills 3'6\" apart\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( "    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |  <-- 3'6\" between rows\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( " ...|XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|  <-- row; hills 3'6\" apart\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( "    |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |  <-- 3'6\" between rows\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( " ...|XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|     |XXXXX|  <-- row; hills 3'6\" apart\r\n" );
document.write( "    +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                  etc....</PRE><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With that scheme, it can be seen that 1/4 of the area of the field is hills where the plants are planted.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So I would guess the desired answers are 1/4 the number of hills and therefore 1/4 the number of plants shown by the other two tutors.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of each square: 3.5^2 = 12.25 square feet<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of squares of area 12.25 square feet each in an acre: 43560/12.25 = 3556<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of hills: 3556/4 = 889<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of plants: 889*3 = 2667<BR>\n" );
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