College Physics, Volume 1
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Chapter 1, Problem 63P
The unit of area called the acre comes from an old system of measurement in which 1 acre is the area of a rectangle whose length is 220 yards and whose width is 22 yards. (a) Determine the number of acres in 1 square mile. (b) How many square meters are in 1 acre? (c) How many square feet are in 1 acre? In 1 square mile?
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