SOLUTION: A farmer has 1,200 acres of land on which he grows corn, wheat, and soybeans. It costs $45 per acre to grow corn, $60 to grow wheat, and $50 to grow soybeans. Because of market dem

Algebra ->  Systems-of-equations -> SOLUTION: A farmer has 1,200 acres of land on which he grows corn, wheat, and soybeans. It costs $45 per acre to grow corn, $60 to grow wheat, and $50 to grow soybeans. Because of market dem      Log On


   

Question 1157846: A farmer has 1,200 acres of land on which he grows corn, wheat, and soybeans. It costs $45 per acre to grow corn, $60 to grow wheat, and $50 to grow soybeans. Because of market demand the farmer will grow twice as many acres of wheat as of corn. He has allocated $63,900 for the cost of growing his crops. How many acres of each crop should he plant?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A TWIN problem was solved and presented in the lesson
    - Advanced word problems to solve using a single linear equation
in this site (Problem 4).

Read it attentively. Consider it as your TEMPLATE.

Having this template in front of view, solve your problem by the same way.

It is one unknown - 1 equation problem.

From this lesson learn on how to solve other similar problems by the same way.


Happy learning (!)