Ann has a rectangular potato patch 60 feet wide and 140 feet long. The potatoes are planted 8 inches apart in 30-inch rows. She had a 94 percent stand with an average of 4.5 marketable potatoes per hill averaging 0.9 pound per potato. a. How many rows are in the patch running the length of the patch? b. How many potato hills are in the patch?

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c. How many marketable potatoes were har-
vested? Express your answer in scientific
notation with one decimal place.
d. How many tons of marketable potatoes
were produced?
Transcribed Image Text:c. How many marketable potatoes were har- vested? Express your answer in scientific notation with one decimal place. d. How many tons of marketable potatoes were produced?
Ann has a rectangular potato patch 60 feet
wide and 140 feet long. The potatoes are
planted 8 inches apart in 30-inch rows. She
had a 94 percent stand with an average of
4.5 marketable potatoes per hill averaging
0.9 pound per potato.
a. How many rows are in the patch running
the length of the patch?
b. How many potato hills are in the patch?
Transcribed Image Text:Ann has a rectangular potato patch 60 feet wide and 140 feet long. The potatoes are planted 8 inches apart in 30-inch rows. She had a 94 percent stand with an average of 4.5 marketable potatoes per hill averaging 0.9 pound per potato. a. How many rows are in the patch running the length of the patch? b. How many potato hills are in the patch?
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