Question

Miguel recently sold some farmland and bought a new plot that consists of 968 acres. Miguel calculates that this is 20% less acreage than he used to own. What was the acreage of the old land?

Answer 1

1210 acres

Explanation:

Given data

let the old farmland be x acres

new farmland = 968 acres

therefore

let us find 20% of the old farmland

=20/100x

=0.2x

Hence

968+0.2x=x

collect like terms

968=x-0.2x

968=0.8x

x= 968/0.8

x=1210 acres