Homework Help: Math

Posted by Angie on Monday, March 30, 2009 at 6:58pm.

A farmer grows only sunflowers and flax on his 240-acre farm. This year he wants to plant 80 more acres of sunflowers than that of flax. How many acres of each crop does the farmer need to plant?

Math - Robert, Monday, March 30, 2009 at 7:04pm
240-80 = 160 acres Sunflowers
= 80 acres flax
Math - Angie, Monday, March 30, 2009 at 8:24pm
how do uyou solve this by defining variables and using substitution?

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