Question 143537
This problem would work best for us if it was written in a porportion. 
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  {{{1/.00876 = x/24}}} acres/hours
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Note: I get 24 becuase we have to have the same units in the same places, so our days need to be converted into hours. 
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Then we cross multiply to get:
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{{{.00876x = 24}}}
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Divide both sides by .00876 to get x by itself:
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{{{.00876x/.00876 = 24/.00876}}}
{{{x = 2739.726}}}
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So farmland is decreasing by about 2740 acres a day. 
When written as a fraction it looks like this: {{{1/2740}}}