1. A. You are working in the central valley of California for an almond grower and sent to a field you have never been to before. Harvest of almonds has just began and your job is to estimate the yield of the field. The harvest crew has just harvested the almonds off of the first tree and report to you that the single tree yield is 60 lbs. What other information do you need to estimate the yield of the field? After thinking about the information you need to make the estimation you measure the spacing of the trees in the field. You observe that the rows of trees are 15 wide and trees are spaced 12 apart within the row. What is the number of trees per acre in the field and what is your yield estimate of lbs of almonds / acre?

Step 1: To estimate the yield of the entire almond field, we need to consider the number of trees per acre :

Step 2: 2. Yield Estimate:

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