SOLUTION: Celeste Nossiter plants corn and wheat on her 100-acre farm near Albuquerque, New Mexico. She estimates that her income after deducting expenses is $500 per acre of corn and $475

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Question 1033044: Celeste Nossiter plants corn and wheat on her 100-acre farm near Albuquerque, New Mexico. She estimates that her income after deducting expenses is $500 per acre of corn and $475 per acre of wheat. Find the number of acres of Corn and wheat planted if her total income after expenses is $49,000
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since she has a 100-acre farm, the the total amount of corn and wheat is:
C + W=100
If her profit is 49,000, then
500C+475W=49000
Solving for C and W, we get
500C+475W=49000
475C+475W=47500;
25C=1500
C=60
Celeste planted 60 acres of corn, and (100-60), or 40, acres of wheat!!!!!!!!