Question

You are looking at a 260 foot by 180 foot building lot to subdivide and build two houses. Your town requires 1/2 acre (one acre = 43,560 square feet) to build a house. How many acres are in this building lot and how many houses will the town allow you to build on this lot?

Answer 1

Answer:

You have 1.07 acres in this building lot and you can only build 2 houses.

Step-by-step explanation:

You are looking at a 260 foot by 180 foot building lot to subdivide and build two houses.

We are given that 1 acre = 43,560 square feet.

In this building plot (260 foot by 180 foot), the area is:

260 * 180 = 46,800 square feet

Hence, the number of acres we have in this lot is:

$\frac{46800}{43560} = 1.07$

Since your town requires 1/2 acre to build a house, the number of houses that you can build on it will be:

$\frac{1.07}{\frac{1}{2} } = 1.07 * 2 = 2.14$

Since the number of houses can only be whole number, we approximate to nearest whole number ≅ 2 houses.

You have 1.07 acres in this building lot and you can only build 2 houses.