Question

central park in new york city is rectangular in shape and measures approximately 1.37×10000 feet by 2.65×100 feet. if one acre is eaqual to 4356×10000 square feet how many acres does central park cover round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

Find the Area of Central Park

L = 1.37 * 10^4

W = 2.65 * 10^2

Area = L*W

Area = 1.37 * 10^4 * 2.65 * 10^2

Area = 3.63 * 10^6 square feet.

Find the number of acres Central Park covers.

`(3.63 * 10^6 ft^2)/(4256* 10000 ft^2 per acre)=\text{0.0853 acres}`

Another way to write it is

`(3.63*10^6 ft^2)/(4.256 * 10^7 ft^2 per acre) = \text{0.0853 acre}`