distance a person walks if he walks one block
2006-07-04 22:11:03 · 4 answers · asked by Jayaprakash S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
1 block [East U.S.] = 0.0804672 kilometer
1 block [Midwest U.S.] = 0.100584 kilometer
1 block [South, West U.S.] = 0.1609344 kilometer
2006-07-04 22:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by Amy 5 · 7⤊ 4⤋
depends on the city you're in. by definition, it is the smallest unit that is bound by streets. in nyc, about 300 feet can be a block. in oklahoma city where i grew up, it was more like 375-400 feet.
EDIT: just to save some confusion, a block is not a distance so much as an area. a block is a square or a rectangle in shape usually. so when people say go down 2 blocks, they're really saying go down THE SIDE of 2 blocks.
2006-07-05 05:17:44 · answer #2 · answered by jibba.jabba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends. I used to think that a building block was 100-150m. But once I went to Warsaw and I tarted walking around. Oh boy their building blocks are about 1000m long. Good old Communistic Architecture.
2006-07-05 05:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kimon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
distance between them (if block is 40*15*15) is 2.5 cm.
2006-07-05 06:29:51 · answer #4 · answered by MahPA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋