Jose has 460 acres of cotton. For weed control, he treated the soil with 1.7 pints of herbicide per acre. The herbicide comes in 21/2-gallon containers at $96.50 per container.

a. How many fluid ounces of the herbicide were applied per acre?
b. How many containers of the herbicide were purchased?
c. What was the cost of the herbicide?


a. 27.2 fl oz/a
b. 40 containers
c. $3,860

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