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Question from Tina, a parent: What shape would an 0.68 acre parcel have to be, if you were going to make is as straight as possible? |
Tina,
There are 43560 square feet in an acre so 0.68 acres is 0.68 
43560 = 29620.8 square feet.
Your parcel of land might be a square with area 29620.8 sq feet. The side dimension would be
√29620.8 = 172.1 feet. But it need not be square. It could be 200 feet long and then the width would need to be 29620.8/200 = 148.1 feet. In fact the parcel could be any rectangle a feet by b feet as long as
a b = 2962.08.
Penny
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