Question

23. A 340 million square mile forest is how many hectares?

Answer 1

`8.80597(10^(10))` hectares

Explanation:

This is unit conversion:

`340,000,000miles((258.999 hectares)/(1 mile) )`

We then multiply, with our units miles canceling out and leaving us with hectares:

`8.80597(10^(10))` hectares

or

88059700000 hectares

Answer 2

88059595400 hectares

Explanation:

Convert 340 million square miles into hectares.

1 square mile = 258.99881 hectares

340,000,000 square miles = 88059595400 hectares

The forest is 88059595400 hectares.