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Answer: 250000 pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
The area of one field is 16 acres and the area of the second field is 1 1/4 times bigger. This means that the area of the second field is
1.25 × 16 = 20 acres.
A barn of wheat on the first field makes up 37 1/2 thousands of pounds per acre. This means that the total wheat on the first field will be the amount of wheat per acre × total number of acres. It becomes
37.5 × 16 = 600 000 pounds of wheat.
On the second, it is 1 2/15 times as much per acre. This means that an acre on the second field contains
17/15( converted 1 2/15 to improper fraction) times the number of wheat per acre on the first field.
Amount of wheat per acre for the second field = 17/15 × 37.5 = 42.5
This means that the total wheat on the second field will be the amount of wheat per acre × total number of acres. It becomes
42.5 × 20 = 850 000 pounds of wheat.
We will subtract the amount of wheat gathered from field 1 from the amount gathered from field 2. It becomes 850000 - 600000 = 250000 pounds of wheat. Therefore,
The amount of wheat gathered from the second field is 250000 pounds more than the amount from the first field