Question 1106089
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I read the given information differently than the other tutor....<br>
The first field has an area of 16 acres; the second has an area "1 1/4 times bigger".<br>
Most people will interpret that incorrectly, saying the area of the second field is 16 time 1 1/4, which is 20.  But the grammatically correct interpretation of "1 1/4 times bigger" is the size of the first field, plus 1 1/4 more times the size of the first field.<br>
So the size of the second field in acres is {{{16 + 1.25*16 = 36}}}<br>
So the first field has an area of 16 acres and the second has an area of 36 acres.<br>
The first field yields 37.5 thousand pounds of wheat per acre.  The total amount of wheat from the first field is {{{16*37500 = 600000}}}<br>
The yield from the second filed is 1 2/15 times as much per acre as the first field.  The yield in pounds per acre for the second field is {{{37500*(17/15) = 40500}}}.<br>
So the total amount of wheat from the second field is {{{36*40500 = 1458000}}}<br>
The difference in the total yield from the two fields is {{{1458000-600000 = 858000}}}<br>
The second field yielded 858 thousand pounds more of wheat.