Crop yield is the ratio of the number of bushels harvested to the number of acres used for the harvest. This year, a large farm harvested rice from 690 acres of farmland. The crop yield was 7 comma 533 bushels per acre. Approximately how many bushels of rice were harvested?
Answer
A
10 point 9 million bushels
B
8 point 2 million bushels
C
0 point 1 million bushels
D
5 point 2 million bushels
Explanation
Multiply the yield by the number of acres: 7,533 bushels per acre × 690 acres = 5,197,770 bushels. That is approximately 5.2 million bushels, so the correct choice is 5.2 million bushels.
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