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A farmer is going to divide her 60-acre farm between two crops. Seed for crop A costs $25 per acre. Seed for crop B costs $50 per acre. The farmer can spend at most $2750 on seed. If crop B brings in a profit of $150 per acre, and crop A brings in a profit of $90 per acre, how many acres of each crop should the farmer plant to maximize her profit? acres of crop A acres of crop B

Name: a farmer is going to divide her 60 acre farm between two crops seed for crop a costs 25 per acre seed for crop b costs 50 per acre the farmer can spend at most 2750 on seed if crop b brings 06172
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Description: a farmer is going to divide her 60 acre farm between two crops seed for crop a costs 25 per acre seed for crop b costs 50 per acre the farmer can spend at most 2750 on seed if crop b brings 06172

          A farmer is going to divide her 60-acre farm between two crops.
Seed for crop A costs $25 per acre. Seed for crop B costs $50 per
acre. The farmer can spend at most $2750 on seed.
If crop B brings in a profit of $150 per acre, and crop A brings in
a profit of $90 per acre, how many acres of each crop should the
farmer plant to maximize her profit?
________    acres of crop A
________    acres of crop B

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Grade 6 Mathematics: Open Up Resources, Common Core State Standards Edition

N/A 6th Edition

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11/15/2021

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We know that the total area of the farm is 60 acres, so we have the equation: x + y = 60 We also know that the farmer can spend at most $2750 on seed. Given that seed for crop A costs $25 per acre and seed for crop B costs $50 per acre, we have the second Show more…

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A farmer is going to divide her 60-acre farm between two crops. Seed for crop A costs $25 per acre. Seed for crop B costs $50 per acre. The farmer can spend at most $2750 on seed. If crop B brings in a profit of $150 per acre, and crop A brings in a profit of $90 per acre, how many acres of each crop should the farmer plant to maximize her profit? ________ acres of crop A ________ acres of crop B