Mr. Smith has 10 acres of dwarf peach trees. The trees are set 12 feet apart in rows 16 feet apart. They average 3.8 bushels per tree. He had a 20 percent loss of damaged fruit. He applied 98-48-135 units of fertilizer per acre made from 46-0-0 urea, 18-46-0 DAP, and 0-0-60 muriate of potash.

a. How many peach trees does he have?
b. How many bushels of peaches were harvested? (Note: Do not forget the loss.)
c. How many tons of fertilizer were applied?


a. 1,296 trees
b. 3,940 bu
c. 2.5 tons

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