A farmer owns 200 acres of land. He grows 144 acres of corn and 56 acres of soybeans.

Question

On what percentage of land are soybeans grown?

? = 61%

? = 72%

? = 39%

? = 28%

Answer 1

To find the percentage of land that is dedicated to growing soybeans, you can use the following formula:

\[ \text{Percentage of soybeans} = \left( \frac{\text{Acres of soybeans}}{\text{Total acres of land}} \right) \times 100 \]

In this case:

• Acres of soybeans = 56
• Total acres of land = 200

Now, substituting the values into the formula:

\[ \text{Percentage of soybeans} = \left( \frac{56}{200} \right) \times 100 \] \[ \text{Percentage of soybeans} = 0.28 \times 100 \] \[ \text{Percentage of soybeans} = 28% \]

Therefore, soybeans are grown on 28% of the land.

So, the answer is ? = 28%.