Question

answer each part. if necessary, round your answers to the nearest hundredth. (a) it takes 27 pounds of seed to completely plant a 5 - acre field. how many acres can be planted per pound of seed? \square acres per pound (b) a color printer prints 36 pages in 8 minutes. how many pages does it print per minute? \square pages per minute

Explanation:

Step1: Solve part (a)

To find the number of acres per pound, we divide the number of acres by the number of pounds. So we have \( \frac{0.5}{27} \).
Calculating \( \frac{0.5}{27}\approx0.02 \) (rounded to the nearest hundredth).

Step2: Solve part (b)

To find the number of pages per minute, we divide the number of pages by the number of minutes. So we have \( \frac{38}{6} \).
Calculating \( \frac{38}{6}\approx6.33 \) (rounded to the nearest hundredth).

Answer:

(a) \( \approx 0.02 \) acres per pound
(b) \( \approx 6.33 \) pages per minute