+112062 I am impressed with how you have presented your question.
A very nice improvement :)
Here is what you have so far
Please work through this list:
1) Let the overlap of the circles where they both grow be x.
2) In terms of x, how many in total grow potatos ?
3) In terms of x, how many in total grow sugar beet?
4) Ths sugar beet number is 3 times the potato number. Form an equation for this.
5) Solve the equation to find x.
6) How many farmers are so far accounted for.
7) How many farmers to not grow either one.?
Now I know for a fact that you can answer at least some of these.
Come back to me with your answers.
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Please no one else butt in unless I am not here AND Tacobell has responded properly.
+383 ok thx im gonna try anwser those now
but as stupid as this sounds, what does 'in terms of x' mean i compleatly forgot and i cant remember what that means but quick question, is x=60
and by the power invested in me, someone may butt in to anwser this 'but as stupid as this sounds, what does 'in terms of x' mean i compleatly forgot and i cant remember what that means'
+112062 Thanks for responding in a grown-up way Taco.
You do not know what x is straight away you have to find it.
You know that 48+x farms grow potatoes (that is an expression in terms of x)
You know that 12+x farms grow beets
and
You know that 3 times more farms grow potatoes then beets.
so
48+x=3(12+x)
Now you have to solve this
48+x=36+3x
minus x from both sides
48=36+2x
subtract 36 from both sides
12=2x
divide both sides by 2
x=6
check
potato farmers 48+6=54
beet farmers 12+6=18
18*3=54 that is great.
so x=6
So how many farms have been included so far? Add them up.
There are 100 farms altogether so you can find the number of farms that do not grow either one.
