To determine the number of square meters required for 1200 chickens, we divide the number of chickens by the maximum density allowed per square meter:
1200 chickens / 0.20 chickens/sq meter = 6000 square meters.
Therefore, the EU requires 6000 square meters of outside area for 1200 chickens.
Chickens that are not caged 24-hours a day are sometimes called “free-range” chickens. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) allows chickens to be called free-range as long as the chickens spend some of their time outside. The European Union (EU), however, has several additional restrictions. One of these is that the farmers must provide enough outside area so that if all the chickens were outside, the density of chickens would be no more than 0.20 chickens/sq meter
How many square meters does the EU require for 1200 chickens?
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