You are preparing to haul your animals to market. You have t…
You are preparing to haul your animals to market. You have the trailer hooked up to your pickup and are checking to see if you are all ready to load the trailer. You notice that you have a half tank of gas. You know you can get to your destination but probably not home on the half a tank. Gas prices at home are a lot cheaper than prices at your destination. You decide to fill up at the gas station at home before you leave. Answer the following questions. 1. If your pickup has a 30 gallon gas tank and you have a half a tank. About how many gallons of gas will you need to buy to fill the tank? [Gallons] 2. If you fill the pickup with the number of gallons needed to fill it from above and the gas price at the pump is $2.50 per gallon. What will the total price for your gas be. [TotalGasPrice] 3. After you fill the tank with gas you look at the Pickups Gas Milage computer and it says your current Average Miles Per Gallon is 12MPG. What should the trip computer be saying for your total distance till empty. [Distancetillempty] 4. When you look at your odometer at the start of your trip it reads 65500 miles. When you return your odometer reads 65700 miles. How many miles did you travel to bring your animals to market? [MilesTraveled] 5. When you get back you are low on gas again and you fill your tank again. This time you put in 20 gallons of gas to refill your gas tank. What was the actual Miles Per Gallon you achieved on your Trip. [ActualMPG]
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You are running a horse boarding facility. One of your jobs is to buy enough hay to feed the 20horses that are in your boarding facility year-round. You have different size horses and youfigure that on average your horses weigh 1,100 pounds. There are some that are bigger and somethat are smaller. 1. If you are feeding 2% of body weight, how many pounds of hay per horse are youfeeding per day? [Lbsperhorse] 2. You are using small square bales of hay that weigh 60 pounds. How many bales will youneed per day to feed all the horses? Round up to the nearest full bale. [Numberofbalesday] 3. Horses will be on pasture in the summer and not need hay. You will feed hay for 250 daysof the year. Using the pounds of hay fed per horse per day, calculate the number of smallsquare bales you will need for the year to feed 20 horses. [Numberofbalesyear] 4. Small square bales cost $9.00 per bale. How much is it going to cost you for the hay for20 horses for the year? [Haycost] 5. If a 60 pound small square bale of hay costs $9.00 per bale, what is the price of the hayper ton? There are 2,000 pounds in 1 ton. [Haycostperton]
Read DetailsCalculating pure live seed in agriculture is important when…
Calculating pure live seed in agriculture is important when determining the number ofseeds to plant per acre. Pure live seed is calculated by multiplying percent germination bythe purity analysis. Given the following information, calculate pure live seed as a decimal. Round youranswer to two decimal places. You have a seed lot that has 85% germination and thepurity analysis is 95%.
Read DetailsCalculating the correct amount of pesticide to apply to a fi…
Calculating the correct amount of pesticide to apply to a field is critical in agriculture.Given the following information, calculate the amount of pesticide that needs to be addedto your spray tank in gallons. Round your answer to one decimal place. There are 128fluid ounces in one gallon. To control soybean aphids, you need 8 fluid ounces ofinsecticide per acre. The field size is 86 acres.
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