A farm has 76 acres of wheat. The farmer can harvest the wheat from 12 acres per day. In how many days will all of the fields be harvested?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Let the unknown number of days be
so
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The clue is in the wording of 'acres per day' which translates to:
To maintain the correct ration, if you multiply the top number of a fraction or ratio you must do the same to the bottom number
Note that
Multiply by 1 but in the form of