Answer:
D) 12,656
Step-by-step explanation:
First of all, as they have given us 3 quantities of plants in 1/2 an acre, we can work out the average amount of plants in 1 whole acre.
In the first 1/2 acre there were:
In the second 1/2 acre there were:
In the third 1/2 acre there were:
to work out the average, we add all these together then divide them by 3 (as there are 3 examples)
291 + 327 + 286 = 904
904 ÷ 3 = 301.3 (this is the average amount of plants in every 1/2 acre.) If we multiply this answer by 2 we will get the average amount of plants in every acre.
301.3 x 2 = 602.67 (average plants in every 1 acre) multiply by total acres (21) for your answer
602.67 x 21 = 12656 average plants in total
I hope this was helpful :-)