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Question from Donna: If I have property that is rectangle shaped. I know the ends are 100 feet how many feet would the sides be to make 5.4 acres |
Hi Donna,
An acre is $43,560$ square feet so $5.4$ acres is $43,560 \times 5.4$ square feet. The area of a rectangle is its length times its width so if your property is a rectangle then
\[\mbox{length } \times 100 = 43,560 \times 5.4\]
or
\[\mbox{ length } = \frac{43,560 \times 5.4}{100} \mbox{feet.}\]
This is over 23 million feet. Are you sure your numbers are correct?
Penny
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