Answer: The farmers have to plough 1680 acres of land.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the expected time to complete the plowing be 'x'.
In x days, a group of farmers had to plough = 112 acres
According to question, on exceeding the schedule by 8 acres per day, the farmers finished plowing one day earlier than expected.
So, New time = x-1
Number of acres of land becomes
![112+8=120\ acres](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=112%2B8%3D120%5C%20acres)
So, According to question, it becomes,
![112\times x=120\times (x-1)\\\\112x=120x-120\\\\120=120x-112x\\\\120=8x\\\\x=\frac{120}{8}=15](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=112%5Ctimes%20x%3D120%5Ctimes%20%28x-1%29%5C%5C%5C%5C112x%3D120x-120%5C%5C%5C%5C120%3D120x-112x%5C%5C%5C%5C120%3D8x%5C%5C%5C%5Cx%3D%5Cfrac%7B120%7D%7B8%7D%3D15)
So, Total acres of land the farmers have to plough is given by
![15\times 112=1680\ acres](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=15%5Ctimes%20112%3D1680%5C%20acres)
Hence, the farmers have to plough 1680 acres of land.