Afarm had 480 acres more wheat than corn. after the farmers collected 80% of the wheat and 25% of the corn, the area of the wheat was 300 acres less than the area of the corn. what was the area of the wheat field and what was the area of the corn field?

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W=480+c

(1-.8)w=(1-.25)c-300, now using w from above in this you get:

0.2(480+c)=0.75c-300  perform indicated multiplication on left side

96+0.2c=0.75c-300  subtract 0.75c from both sides

96-0.55c=-300  subtract 96 from both sides

-0.55c=-396  divide both sides by -0.55

c=720, and from earlier we said: w=480+c so

w=1200

So the original are of the corn field was 720 acres and the original wheat field was 1200 acres.

(After the harvest the corn field is 540 acres and the wheat field is 240 acres)