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Posted by yishka on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 2:39am.

6. A farmer planted a field of Bt 123 corn and wants to estimate the yield in terms of bushels per acre. He counts 22 ears in 1/1000 of an acre. He determines that each ear has about 700 kernels on average. He also knows that a bushel contains about 90 000 kernels on average. What is the farmer's estimate of yield in bushels/acre?

biology - jess, Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:35am
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biology (math?) - PsyDAG, Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 11:06am
If the bushels have kernels:

(22 * 1000 * 700)/ 90000 = ?

I hope this helps.
biology - Mindre, Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 8:23pm
( 22 ears ) ( 1000 / acre ) ( 700 kernels / ear ) ( 1 bushel / 90,000 kernels ) = 170 bushels / acre

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