Question

Bob Odderman, bought a three-sided lot in Section 13 of a township. The lot ran 300 ft on one side (running East-West) and ran 500 ft perpendicular to the highway frontage (North-South) on the other side. Using this info, this lot contains _____ square feet.

A. 75,000
B. 18,750
C. 150,000
D. 300,000

Answer 1

Bob Odderman's lot contains 75,000 square feet, calculated by using the formula for the area of a triangle, with the sides provided as the base and the height.

Step-by-step explanation:

Bob Odderman's lot is a three-sided lot, which generally implies a triangular shape. To calculate the area of a triangular-shaped lot, you can use the formula for the area of a triangle, which is ½ × base × height (A = ½ × b × h). Given that one side of the lot is 300 ft long (which can be considered as the base) and the other side is 500 ft long (which can be considered the height), the area can be calculated as follows:

A = ½ × 300 ft × 500 ft

A = ½ × 150,000 ft²

A = 75,000 ft²

Therefore, the lot contains 75,000 square feet, which corresponds to option A.