In 2007, Massachusetts maple producers set 230,000 taps to collect sap, which, after boiling produced 30,000 gallons of maple syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. A) how many gallons of syrup did each tap yield?  b) how many gallons of sap did each tap yield ?

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In 2007, Massachusetts maple producers set 230,000 taps to collect sap, which, after boiling produced 30,000 gallons of maple syrup. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup.

A) how many gallons of syrup did each tap yield? 
b) how many gallons of sap did each tap yield ?

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