You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have?

a.

a surplus of 200 bushels

c.

a surplus of 500 bushels

b.

a surplus of 300 bushels

d.

a surplus of 800 bushels

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4 February, 13:36

You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have?

a.

a surplus of 200 bushels

c.

a surplus of 500 bushels

b.

a surplus of 300 bushels

d.

a surplus of 800 bushels

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Kamora Arias · Answer 1

I think your answer would be a. If your family uses 300 bushels, and you had 500 your surplus would be 200 because a surplus is an excess of something.

You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have?a.a surplus of 200 bushelsc.a surplus of 500 bushelsb.a surplus of 300 bushelsd.a surplus of 800 bushels

You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have?

a.

a surplus of 200 bushels

c.

a surplus of 500 bushels

b.

a surplus of 300 bushels

d.

a surplus of 800 bushels