A farmer grows two types of grain in his fields. He has a seed budget of $10,000.00 and has spent $4,200.00 to plant wheat seed so far. If barley seed costs $47.00 per acre to plant, what is the maximum number of acres of barley the farmer can plant and still be under budget?

124 acres

123 acres

212 acres

89 acres

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Eleanor

30 September, 06:03

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Andrew Cervantes · Answer 1

47x < = 10,000 - 4200

47x < = 5800

x < = 5800/47

x < = 123.4 ... so ur answer is 123 acres