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Old 08-28-2006, 06:52 AM
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if you wanted to measure 10 acers in a perfect square how many feet would be in each side ?
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Old 08-28-2006, 12:38 PM
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Default Re: simple question

First we convert acres to square feet.

10 acre * 43560 = 435600 square foot

Then we take the square root to find the length of each side.

sqrt(435600) = 660

So the 10 acre perfect square would be 660 feet wide by 660 feet long.
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