Steven G
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Here is the question: You have been hired to do a broadcast herbicide application on a 10.5‐mile stretch of right‐of-way. You will be using a boomless nozzle that sprays a 24-foot pattern. At 6 mph and a pressure of 50 psi you have calibrated the sprayer at 36.4 gallons per acre (GPA). Your truck is equipped with a 1,200-gallon tank. The herbicide label recommends 3 quarts of product per acre. How many gallons of herbicide will be needed, and how many total gallons of spray solution will be applied?
I am a bit troubled by some of the wording. Now how many gallons of herbicide will be needed I think means how many gallons of active ingredients I need to use. What troubles me is how many total gallons of spray solution will be applied. Isn't that going to be 1200 gallons???
I am a bit troubled by some of the wording. Now how many gallons of herbicide will be needed I think means how many gallons of active ingredients I need to use. What troubles me is how many total gallons of spray solution will be applied. Isn't that going to be 1200 gallons???