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A farmer decides to put two-thirds of his farm under crops. Of this, he put a quarter under maize and four-fifths of the remainder under beans....

A farmer decides to put two-thirds of his farm under crops. Of this, he put a quarter under
maize and four-fifths of the remainder under beans. The rest is planted with carrots.
If 0.9acres are under carrots, find the total area of the farm

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Kavungya answered the question on June 20, 2019 at 07:54

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