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Question

Carrie has a rectangular garden that measures 6 feet by 8 feet. She plants the entire garden with strawberry plants. Carrie is able to plant 4 strawberry plants per square foot, and she harvests an average of 10 strawberries per plant. How many strawberries can she expect to harvest?

Accepted Answer

Note that the unit of the answer is strawberries, which is the product of * square feet * plants per square foot * strawberries per plant By conversion factors, we have (6 redftblack8 redftblack)(4 greenplantsredft^2)(10 strawberriesgreenplant)=68410 strawberries=1920 strawberries.