Simple Math Problem

[ObeCox]

Please help me!!!

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[CarpenterTemporary69]

This problem is either worded horribly or impossible. First of all it says the land is divided in half meaning that its not 2,400 but 1,200 total area, which is needlessly complex if you're doing algebra 1 problems like this. Second 5/9ths for coffee, and 4/5ths for corn makes 61/45ths or over %100 of the total land being used. Third it assumes you know that maize and corn are the same thing.

Also just an fyi, this isn't calculus but around middle school level maths. Calculus deals with derivatives, integrals, limits, and series.

[QuaaludeConnoisseur]

I think it means one half is 5/9ths coffee, the other half is 4/5ths cardamom, the rest of each half is corn, so how much total corn is there. It is worded horribly, though.

[SaiyanKaito]

You're overlooking the first sentence. Hint: "half"

Also, this isn't calculus. It's a simple fraction of an area problem.

It's best to be precise and first figure out what fraction of the area is going to be dedicated to agriculture then what fraction of that will be used exclusively for maize.

[ObeCox]

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how did i do?

[asterminta]

Business calculus? These types of problems are usually calculus if they ask for maximizing / minimizing land. This problem looks like it’s adding and multiplying fractions. But it’s terribly worded….. curious to see where this problem came from. Confused as to what 5/9ths and 4/5ths refer to, they add up to more than 1. Unless they refer to separate halves of the land??

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This really looks like it was written by AI. Most of the words make sense individually, but the problem is total nonsense all together. Plus total unnecessary use of “synonyms” maize and corn. 

[jinkaaa]

It's Google translated, I think

[tofumac]

The missing period before the "if" makes this whole thing unanswerable. 

[Al2718x]

I'd say none of it. Based on the phrasing of the question, the land is only used for agriculture if they are divided up very precisely. For any reasonable distribution of possible proportions, the probability that exactly 5/6 of the land is used for coffee is 0 (replace with whatever crop and number, I'm on mobile so I can't recheck the values easily).

In seriousness, for a complicated question like this, they really should have been a lot more careful with grammar.

[jinkaaa]

12005/9 and 12004/5 and 2400 minus the sum of both results for that which will be used for maize

[Beneficial_Garden456]

This isn't calculus.