Question

Ruth Palladium bought 10 acres of land and built a house on 2.0 acres. RuPd wanted to raise sheep on the remaining 8.0 acres. If it takes 0.125 hectare to raise one sheep, how many sheep can be raised on the 8 acres.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\boxed{\text{26 sheep}}$

Explanation:

1. Convert acres to hectares

1 ha = 2.471 ac

$\text{Area} = \text{8 ac} \times \dfrac{\text{1 ha}}{\text{2.471 ac}} = \text{3.2 ha}$

2. Calculate the number of sheep

You can put 1 sheep on 0.125 ha

$\text{No. of sheep} = \text{3.2 ha} \times \dfrac{\text{1 sheep}}{\text{0.125 ha}} = \textbf{26 sheep}\\\\\text{RuPd can raise \boxed{\textbf{26 sheep}} on 8 ac}$