Question #4f75e

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Nov 10, 2017

4,800 acres.

Explanation:

Because 640s is the relationship between s square miles and acres, so :

color(green)(a= 640)
color(green)(s=7.5) square miles.

(*Since Pam owns color(blue)7.5 square miles, so color(blue)7.5 becomes color(red)s .)

Therefore, we would do:

color(red)(640*7.5)

Because when a number is with a variable(color(purple)(640s), this means it's color(purple)640 times the variable. So for this case it would be : (as color(magenta)7.5 is color(red)s)

color(orange)(640 * s = 640*7.5 = 4800) acres

So Pam owns color(blue)(4,800) acres.