Question

a farmer uses 1/3 of his land to plant cassava 3/5 of the remaining land to plant Maize and the rest vegetables if vegetables cover an acre of 10 and area of 10 acres what is the total area of the framers land​

Answer 1

Answer:

37.5 acres.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fraction of his land  where vegetables are grown

= 1 - 1/3 - 2/3 *3/5

(after taking away 1/3 we get 2/3 and the farmer uses 3/5 of this 2/3 to grow Maize.

= 1 - 1/3 - 6/15              LCD of 3 and 15= 15  so we write:

= 1 - 5/15 - 6/15

= 1 - (5+6)/16

=  1 - 11/15

= 4/15.

4 /15 is equivalent to  10 acres

so  total  area (= 1)  =   10 / 4/15     Invert the 4/15 and multiply:

= 10 * 15/4

=  150/4

= 37.5 acres.