Question

in may 1998 forest fires in southern mexico and guatemala spread smoke all the way to austin. those fires consumed forest land at a rate of 29,000 acres/week. on the average how many square meters of forest were burned every minute? an acre is 4047m^2. (don't round)

Answer 1

First, we have to figure out how many square meters there are in 29,000 acres. 

29,000 acres * 4047^2 = 117,363,000 m^2

Now to find the burn rate in minutes, we must find how many minutes there are in a week.

7 * 24 = 168 (hours)

168 * 60 = 10,080 (Minutes)

117,363,000 / 10,080 = 11,643

About 11,643m^2 of forest were burned every minute.