Question

central park in new york city is rectangular in shape and measures approximately 1.37×10000 feet by 2.65×100 feet. if one acre is eaqual to 4356×10000 square feet how many acres does central park cover round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

Find the Area of Central Park

L = 1.37 * 10^4

W = 2.65 * 10^2

Area = L*W

Area = 1.37 * 10^4 * 2.65 * 10^2

Area = 3.63 * 10^6 square feet.

Find the number of acres Central Park covers.

$\dfrac{3.63 * 10^6 ft^2}{4256* 10000 ft^2 per acre}=\text{0.0853 acres}$

Another way to write it is

$\dfrac{3.63*10^6 ft^2}{4.256 * 10^7 ft^2 per acre} = \text{0.0853 acre}$