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Five yards in rows; columns: weekly board-feet (thousands), acres, price per thousand board-feet (dollars), forklifts. Sortable.
YardWeekly board-feet (000s)AcresPrice ($/000 bd-ft)Forklifts
Cedarline480126008
Hardwick9003032015
Pinecroft36097006
Oakmont6001250010
Sprucewood420146507

The table shows five wholesale lumber yards: weekly board-feet moved in thousands, the yard size in acres, the price per thousand board-feet, and the number of forklifts. The table can be sorted by any column. For each statement, select Yes if it must be true based only on the data shown; otherwise select No.

(1) More than half of the yards move at least 40 thousand board-feet per acre each week: . (2) The yard with the most weekly board-feet also earns the most weekly revenue, that is, board-feet times price per thousand board-feet: . (3) From the data shown, it can be determined which yard earns the most weekly revenue per forklift: .

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Answer & Explanation

Correct answer

1: Yes · 2: No · 3: Yes

One statement counts a per-acre ratio against a threshold, one composes revenue, and one asks only whether a per-board-foot figure can be determined.

Statement 1 - Yes. Board-feet per acre is weekly board-feet divided by acres: Cedarline 40,000, Hardwick 30,000, Pinecroft 40,000, Oakmont 50,000, Sprucewood 30,000. At least 40,000 describes Cedarline, Pinecroft, and Oakmont, which is three of the five, more than half. Hardwick and Sprucewood fall short, so the statement is true. The trap is to rank by raw board-feet, where Hardwick at 900,000 leads, or to think a tie at exactly 40,000 fails 'at least 40,000'; it does not, and Hardwick with its big volume still misses across 30 acres.

Statement 2 - No. Weekly revenue is board-feet times price per thousand: Cedarline 480 × $600 = $288,000, Hardwick 900 × $320 = $288,000, Pinecroft $252,000, Oakmont 600 × $500 = $300,000, Sprucewood $273,000. The most board-feet is Hardwick, but at a $320 price it earns $288,000; the top earner is Oakmont at $300,000, with less volume at a higher price. So the busiest yard is not the top earner, and the statement is false. The trap is to stop at the board-feet column.

Statement 3 - Yes. The table prints no revenue-per-forklift column, but it gives board-feet, the price per thousand board-feet, and the number of forklifts, so the figure is computable: revenue is board-feet times price, then divided by forklifts. That gives Cedarline 288,000 / 8 = $36,000, Hardwick 288,000 / 15 = $19,200, Pinecroft 252,000 / 6 = $42,000, Oakmont 300,000 / 10 = $30,000, Sprucewood 273,000 / 7 = $39,000. The highest is Pinecroft, the smallest yard, so the answer can be determined. The statement asks only whether it can be determined, and it can. The trap is to answer No because no such column is shown, or to pick Hardwick for its biggest volume; Hardwick is actually the lowest per forklift at $19,200.

The lesson: a per-acre count is built not read, revenue is volume times price, and a per-forklift figure you compose and then divide is still determinable. Correct answers: Yes / No / Yes.