Question

An acre is equal to 43,560 square feet, and there are 5280 feet in a mile.
If a farm has the shape of a rectangle measuring 0.6 miles by 1.2 miles, what is the area of the farm in acres?

Answer 1

Answer:

=537.6 acres

Step-by-step explanation:

1 acre = 43560 ft^2

5280ft = 1 mile

Area of the farm

0.6miles×1.2miles = 3168ft×6336ft

=23,417,856ft^2

=23,417,856÷43560

=537.6 acres