By the early 1990s, pacific yews were disappearing at an unprecedented rate. To combat this destruction, an environmental impact statement declared that no more than 175,000 kg (385,809 lb) of dry bark per year could be harvested from 1993 to 1997. To harvest the bark, trees were cut down and then stripped; each tree yielded approximately 9 kg (19.8 lb) of dry bark. What was the maximum amount of dry bark that could have been collected in this five-year time frame, and what is the maximum number of trees that would have been killed?
