SOLUTION: 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

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Question 1106088: 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?
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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?
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Not clear.
Use 1 1/4 or 1.25, not 1 1 4 or similar.
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Is it 1.25 times bigger? Or 1.25 times as big?