Ms. Green planted 125 acres with wheat. She harvests 6,500 bushels. Mr. Gasper planted 625 acres with wheat. He harvests 31,875 bushels of wheat. Who harvested more bushels per acre? How much more?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-09T12:27:58

Comparison

For Ms. Green

#6500/125 = 52# bushels per acre

For Mr. Gasper

#31875/625 = 51# bushels per acre.

Therefore Ms. Green harvested more.

The difference is #=(52-51)times100/51 = 1.96%#

(P. S: Small is beautiful).