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A landowner has 160 acres of land.
He sold 42.25 acres of the land to one man.
He also sold one third of the remaining land to another buyer.
How many acres were left ?
A. 78.5 Acres
Let's first subtract the 42.25 acres that were sold from the total number of acres owned by the seller and we have 117.5 acres left.
If the owner sold one third of the remaining acreage to another buyer multiply .3333 (one third) times 117.5 (the remaining acreage) to see that the buyer bought 39.246075 acres.
Subtract 39.246075 from 117.5 and we have 78.503925 acres remaining.
Rounded 78.5 acres.
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