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Name: susan Who are you: Student how do you convert square miles into square meters |
Hi Susan.
Each mile is 1609.344 meters. So this is the linear conversion factor. Let's do the arithmetic and show how we cancel the units. First we multiply by the conversion factor:
Clearly we aren't done because the units are now miles times meters. So we do it again:
This gives our answer.
Stephen La Rocque. >
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