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InMay 1998, forest fires in southernMexico
and Guatemala spread smoke all the way to
Austin. Those fires consumed forest land at a
rate of 26900 acres/week.
On the average, how many square meters
of forest are burned down every minute? An
acre is an area equivalent to that of a rectangle
60.5 yd wide and 80 yd long, there are 36
inches in one yard, and there are 2.54 cm in
one inch.
Answer in units of m2/min
To find the average number of square meters of forest burned down every minute, we need to convert the given rate from acres to square meters.
Firstly, we need to convert acres to square yards since the given information provides the area equivalent of an acre in square yards.
1 acre = 60.5 yd * 80 yd
Next, we need to convert square yards to square inches, then square inches to square centimeters, and finally square centimeters to square meters.
1 yd = 36 inches
1 inch = 2.54 cm
To find the total number of square inches in one acre, we multiply the width (60.5 yd) by the length (80 yd) and then convert to square inches:
60.5 yd * 80 yd * 36 inches * 36 inches
Next, we convert square inches to square centimeters:
60.5 yd * 80 yd * 36 inches * 36 inches * 2.54 cm * 2.54 cm
Finally, we convert square centimeters to square meters:
60.5 yd * 80 yd * 36 inches * 36 inches * 2.54 cm * 2.54 cm / 100 cm / 100 cm
This gives us the total number of square meters in one acre.
Now we can calculate the average number of square meters of forest burned down every minute by multiplying the rate of 26,900 acres/week by the conversion factor calculated above and further converting to minutes:
26,900 acres/week * (conversion factor to square meters per acre) / (7 days/week * 24 hours/day * 60 minutes/hour)
Solving this equation will give us the answer in m^2/min.