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adam was riding the range of his family cattle ranch. Thus far, Adam has inspected 72,000 acres of the ranch. If the 72,000 acres represents eight ninths of the total acreage , how many total acres is the cattle ranch?

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let x = the total acres in the cattle ranch


72,000 acres represents eight ninths of the total acreage means:


(8/9)x = 72,000


by solving we find


x = 81,000 acres


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the cattle ranch is 81,000 cares in total.