a michigan orchard made 21,343 lb of taffy apples with approximately 1lb of taffy mixture for each 71.3lbs of apples. to the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of apples and how many pounds of taffe were used?
a michigan orchard made 21,343 lb of taffy apples with approximately 1lb of taffy mixture for each 71.3lbs of apples. to the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of apples and how many pounds of taffe were used?
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An orchard made 24,610 lb. of taffy apples with approx. 1 lb of taffy mixture for each 70.6 pounds of apples. To the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of apples and how many pounds of taffy were used?
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An apple orchard has an average yield of 40 bushels of apples/tree if tree density is 18 trees/acre. For each unit increase in tree density, the yield decreases by 2 bushels/tree. How many trees should be planted in order to maximize the yield?
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The State University Landscape Club wants to establish a horticultural garden near the adminstration building. The length and width of the space that is available are consecutive even integers, and the area of the garden is 440 square feet. Find the dimensions of the garden.
The area of a rectangular garden is 324 square feet. The garden is to be enclosed by a stone wall costing $26 per linear foot. The interior wall is to be constructed with brick costing $8 per linear foot. Express the cost C, to close the garden and add the interior wall as a function of x.
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Please could you explain to me how to solve this word problem? I’m lost!
Kinu wants to plant a garden and surround it with decorative stones. She has enough stones to enclose a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 68 feet, but she wants the garden to cover no more 240 square feet. What could the width of her garden be?
A gardener has 300 feet of fencing and wants to enclose a rectangular garden that borders his house on one side and then divide them into two plots with a fence parallel to one of the sides. Assuming the gardener does not fence the side along his house, what are the lengths of the parts of the fence if the total area enclosed is 4800 square feet?
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I am completely stumped about how to solve this problem.
A landscape architect plans to enclose a 3000 square foot rectangular region in a botanical garden. She will use shrubs costing $25 per foot along three sides and fencing costing $20 per foot long the fourth side. Find the dimensions to minimize the total cost of fencing.
Help is greatly appreciated
A student environmental club wants to build a garden. The area of the garden should be 800 square feet to accommodate all the species of plants the club wants to grow. A fence company offered to donate 120 feet of iron fence to surround the garden. What should the dimensions of the garden be?
b= (60-x)ft and h= x ft.
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and please explain too. Thank you soo much!!!
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The length of a rectangular garden is 7 feet longer than its width. If the garden’s perimeter is 186 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet?
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