Question

Joe counts 250 peach trees on 25% of the land he owns. He determined that there are 10 trees for every 1,000 square feet of land. About how many acres of land does Joe own?

Answer 1

2.3 acres is the answer.

Answer 2

Number of trees on $\frac{1}{4}$ of the land Joe owns = 250 trees

Total Number of trees on the whole land Joe owns = $250 \times 4$

= 1000 trees

Area of land covered with 10 trees = 1000

Area of land covered with 1 tree = $\frac{1000}{10}$

= 100 square feet

Therefore, Total land covered with 1000 trees = 1000 $\times$ 100

= 100,000 square feet

Since 1 acre = 43560 square feet

So, Total acres of land owned by Joe = $\frac{100000}{43560}$

= 2.29 acre

= 2.3 acre

So, Joe owns 2.3 acres of land.