Re: Metric Converters, was Re: [TML] Every day it seems we're closer to Cyberpunk 2020...
shadow@xxxxxx 05 Jul 2016 14:20 UTC
On 4 Jul 2016 at 14:00, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
> You got acres/hectares memorized? ;-)
No, but it only requires a bit of work with a calculator...
5280 feet in a mile * 12 in * 2.54 cm = 160934.4
divide by 100 to get meters = 1609.344
squared for a square mile = ~2.58999e6
divided by 640 acres = ~4046 m^2
divided by 100 = ~40.46 hectares to the acre.
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