Step-by-step explanation:
<h2>a - b = a + (-b)</h2><h2>a + b = a - (-b)</h2>
for any real numbers
The answer for either field being harvested is 6.25 days (acres/(rate of harvest))
The answer is probably seven because, even though a day can be divided into parts, the fields are done the seventh not the sixth. (I'm assuming the problem calls for whole days)