Asked by Anthony

A farmer with 1200 acre is considering planting 3 different crops corn, soybeans, and oats. The farmer wants to use all 1200 acres. seed corn costs $20 per acre, while soybeans and oats costs $50 and $12 respectively. The farmer has the $40000 available to buy seed and intends to spend it all. 1.Use the information above to formulate two linear equations with 3 unknowns and solve it. 2. write two reasonable solutions. 3.suppose in the fall when the crops mature, the farmer can bring in revenue of $100 per acre for corn, $300 per acre for soybean and $80 per acre for oats which of the two solutions given above would have resulted in a larger revenue.
Answered by Steve
Let the acreage be
x: corn
y: soy
z: oats

x+y+z = 1200
20x+50y+12z = 40000

with your solutions, then evaluate

revenue = 100x+300y+80z
Answered by Anonymous
Dealing with the same problem rn and I'm having trouble solving it
Answered by Jonathan
If the crops mature, does the farmer still have 40000 available to spend for seeds?
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