A crop consultant found 95 seedlings emerged in a 40-foot section of row. How many plants per acre does this represent in a 15-inch row width?

To determine the number of plants per acre based on the number of seedlings that emerged in a given row length, we need to perform a calculation using the number of seedlings, the row width, and the length of the row.

First, calculate the area of the row where the seedlings were counted. A 40-foot section of row with a row width of 15 inches needs to be converted to acres.

1. Convert the row width from inches to feet:

15 inches = 1.25 feet.

2. Calculate the area of the 40-foot row:

Area = length x width = 40 feet x 1.25 feet = 50 square feet.

3. There are 43,560 square feet in one acre. To find how many times the 50 square feet fits into an acre, divide the total square feet in an acre by the area of the row:

Acreage = 43,560 square feet / 50 square feet = 871.2 (this means there are approximately 871.2 sections of this row area in one acre).

4. Since there are 95 seedlings in the 40-foot section, we can scale this up to find the total number of plants per acre