Abe planted 70,000 seeds per acre on 820 acres. The seed had 86.5 percent germination. He had a 4.1 percent loss from insect damage.

a. What was the population per acre? (Note: Do not count the loss
from insect damage.)
b. How many plants per acre were lost from insect damage?
c. Express the total population in scientific notation with one decimal place.


a. 60,550 plants
b. 2,483 plants
c. 4.8 × 107

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