Question

The Wallow Fire of 2011 burned 538,000 acres in eastern Arizona. a. If one square mile is 640 acres, how many square miles did the fire burn? (You must use unit fractions. Round to 1 decimal place and be sure to include units.) b. The city of Tempe is about 50 square miles in size. How many Tempes would this fire have burned? (You must use unit fractions. Round to 1 decimal place.)

Answer 1

a) The fire burnt 840.6 square miles

b) The fire burnt 16.8 tempe

Step-by-step explanation:

1 square mile = 640 acres

a) to find how many square miles did the fire burn:

Total area the fire burn = 538000 acres

1 square miles = 640 acres

Concert the acres into square miles

538000/ 640 = 840.6 square miles

The fire burnt 840.6 square miles

b) 50 square miles= 1 temperatures

The no. Of tempe the fire burn = 840.6/50

= 16.8 tempe

The fire burnt 16.8 tempe