An acre originally was defined as the amount of land that an oxen team could plow in

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An acre originally was defined as the amount of land that an oxen team could plow in a day.14 Suppose a team could plow 0.4 hectare per day, where a hectare is 104 m2. There are 1609 meters in a mile. How many acres are there in a square mile?


Assume that on the surface of the Earth, g = 9.81 m/s2 = 32.2 ft/s2 (i.e., each to three significant figures). Make sure you are reporting the solution to the proper number of significant figures.

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Exploring Engineering An Introduction to Engineering and Design

ISBN: 978-0123747235

2nd edition

Authors: Philip Kosky, George Wise, Robert Balmer, William Keat

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