Item 5 A farmer plants corn and wheat on a 180-acre farm. The farmer wants to plant three times as many acres of corn as wheat.

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Item 5 A farmer plants corn and wheat on a 180-acre farm. The farmer wants to plant three times as many acres of corn as wheat.

Write a system of linear equations that represents this situation. Use x to represent the number of aces of corn planted and y to represent the number of acres of wheat planted. How many acres of each crop should the farmer plant?

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valina [46] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-08T20:10:20+03:00

valina [46]3 years ago

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Step-by-step explanation:

180/4 is 45 so you could say the farmer plants 135 Acers of corn and only 45 of wheat

3x+y=180

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