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HOG & DOGS => GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: jdt on August 22, 2012, 11:52:05 am



Title: ? for surveyors
Post by: jdt on August 22, 2012, 11:52:05 am
if a square tract of land is .1 mi on the ends and .5 mi on the sides , how many acres is in it ?


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: Hawkins on August 22, 2012, 12:00:56 pm
32 acres?


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: jdt on August 22, 2012, 12:03:34 pm
i would have guessed it right around there , how did you come up with that?


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: Hawkins on August 22, 2012, 12:05:24 pm
It would be 528 feet x 2640 feet = 1,393,920 sq feet. There is 43,560 sq foot in an acre. So 1393920 divided by 43560 = 32


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: Hawkins on August 22, 2012, 12:06:28 pm
5280 feet in a mile .1 mile is the 528 feet and the .5 mile is 2640 feet.


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: jdt on August 22, 2012, 12:08:26 pm
gotcha , and thanks


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: firemedic on August 22, 2012, 12:42:51 pm
If it was square it would have to be the same on all sides.....


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: RL on August 22, 2012, 12:54:14 pm
If it was square it would have to be the same on all sides.....

Yes, what he described is a rectangle.


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: PLP on August 22, 2012, 02:42:48 pm
Ok it's only a rectangle if it has right angles. I'd bet it's a parallelogram.  popo


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: marks on August 22, 2012, 02:45:18 pm
It would be 528 feet x 2640 feet = 1,393,920 sq feet. There is 43,560 sq foot in an acre. So 1393920 divided by 43560 = 32

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I'm no surveyor but I am a tax mapper.


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: marks on August 22, 2012, 02:47:01 pm
If it was square it would have to be the same on all sides.....

I'm thinking he meant the edges were squared. (90o)


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: firemedic on August 22, 2012, 04:17:42 pm
If it was square it would have to be the same on all sides.....

I'm thinking he meant the edges were squared. (90o)

Yep,.....me too.


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: jdt on August 22, 2012, 04:20:45 pm
yeah i meant rectangle , i never was good at geometry , trigonomitry or vocabulariomitry  ;D ;D


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: KevinN on August 22, 2012, 04:47:25 pm
yeah i meant rectangle , i never was good at geometry , trigonomitry or vocabulariomitry  ;D ;D
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Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: SCHitemHard on August 22, 2012, 05:04:24 pm
yeah i meant rectangle , i never was good at geometry , trigonomitry or vocabulariomitry  ;D ;D

you lost me at -try...


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: firemedic on August 22, 2012, 07:11:01 pm
yeah i meant rectangle , i never was good at geometry , trigonomitry or vocabulariomitry  ;D ;D

Hahahaha.....that last one is a tough subject..... ;D


Title: Re: ? for surveyors
Post by: PLP on August 22, 2012, 09:03:10 pm
I understand it. Fortunately after 13 1/2 years of public education I am very fluent in EBONICS!!