A farmer calculates that of every 100 seeds of corn he plants, he harvests 84 earn of corn. If he wants to harvest 7200 ears of

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A farmer calculates that of every 100 seeds of corn he plants, he harvests 84 earn of corn. If he wants to harvest 7200 ears of

corn, how many seeds must he plant? ( find at least two different solutions for the following problem. One of them must be by setting and solving an equation)

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wolverine [178] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-26T11:03:07+03:00

wolverine [178]3 years ago

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100/84= x/7200
84x=720000
Divide by 84
X= 8571