Answer: 10 1/2, which can be simplified as 10.5
Explanation: First, set up a proportion with acres of corn to time in hours:
8 3/4 acres = x acres
5/6 hour = 1 hour
Reorder the terms:
x = (8 3/4) / (5/6)
To figure that out the math, change the mixed fraction to an improper fraction, and change the division into a multiplication:
x = (35/4) * (6/5)
Next cancel out:
x = (7/2) * (3/1)
x = 21/2
Lower that faction the the lowest denominator:
21/2 = 10½
Thus, your answer is 10½, or in other words 10.5
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