how long does it take to farm an acre if your implement is 42.5 feet wide and you are going 6 mile an hour
To determine how long it takes to farm an acre, we need to calculate the total distance that needs to be covered by the implement.
First, we need to convert the width of the implement from feet to miles. There are 5,280 feet in a mile, so we divide 42.5 by 5280:
42.5 feet ÷ 5280 feet/mile = 0.008 miles
Next, we need to determine how many rows of this width fit into an acre. One acre is equivalent to 43,560 square feet. If we assume the shape of the field is rectangular, we would need to divide the area in square feet by the width of each pass in feet:
43,560 square feet ÷ 42.5 feet = 1025.88 rows
Since we can't have a fraction of a row, we round it down to 1025 rows.
Now we can determine the total distance we need to cover by multiplying the number of rows by the width of each pass:
1025 rows × 0.008 miles/row = 8.2 miles
Finally, we can calculate the time it takes to cover 8.2 miles when traveling at 6 miles per hour:
Time = Distance / Speed
Time = 8.2 miles ÷ 6 miles per hour
Time ≈ 1.37 hours or approximately 1 hour and 22 minutes
So, it would take approximately 1 hour and 22 minutes to farm an acre with a 42.5 feet wide implement while traveling at 6 miles per hour.