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If U.S. certified organic farmland acreage increased 42 perc
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04 Aug 2020, 05:07
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If U.S. certified organic farmland acreage increased 42 percent from 1997 to 2002, and the ratio of certified pasture to cropland was the same in 1997 as in 2006, what was the approximate percent increase in certified pasture between 1997 and 2008?
A. 75%
B. 155%
C. 200%
D. 260%
E. 355%
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Re: If U.S. certified organic farmland acreage increased 42 perc
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08 Sep 2020, 22:17
08 Sep 2020, 22:17
Can someone explain the answer to this?
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09 Sep 2020, 00:36
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Certified farmland increased 42 percent from 1997 to 2002. The graph shows that in 2002, there were about 600,000 acres of pasture and 1,300,000 acres of cropland, for a total of about 1,900,000 acres. That’s 42 percent more than in 1997: 1,900,000 = 1.42x; x = 1,338,028 acres in 1997. The ratio of pasture to cropland was the same in 1997 as in 2006. In 2006, there were just a little over 1,000,000 acres of pasture— call it about 1,050,000 acres— and 1,900,000 acres of cropland, for a ratio of 10.5 to 19 or, eliminating the decimal, 21 to 38. Therefore, the ratio of pasture to all acreage is 21:( 21 + 38) or 21: 59. That can
be expressed as 21/59 or about 0.36. Total acreage in 1997 was 1,338,028. Multiply: 1,338,028 × 0.36 = 481,690.
% change \(\frac{2,200,000-500,000}{500,000} =340\)
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be expressed as 21/59 or about 0.36. Total acreage in 1997 was 1,338,028. Multiply: 1,338,028 × 0.36 = 481,690.
% change \(\frac{2,200,000-500,000}{500,000} =340\)
E is the answer
