How many square feet are in a lot that is 93X148X304X167?

Question

Those are the lengths of the four sides (in feet) - the MLS Listings aren't consistent. One says .22 acres, one says .72 acres...

The lot is a cul-de-sac so small in the front and long along the back, measurements are in consecutive order.

Answer 1

There is not enough information to give the correct answer, as obviously the corners are not square. You don't necessarily have a trapezoid, as we don't even know if two of the sides are parallel. Therefore we would need to know the angle of at least two of the corners to calculate the square footage.

If two of the corners are reasonably close to 90° then I'd say its closer to 0.72 acres than 0.22 acres.

Answer 2

First, the square footage is not, I repeat, not the simple multiple of the four sides. Your lot sounds like it is close to a trapazoid shape, with the small top at about 93 and the larger, parallel bottom at about 304. I used 155 as a value in between the two sides of 148 and 167.

Given the trapazoid shape and size assumptions, your lot is 93X114 + 105X114 = 22572 ft^2 approximately...just a smidge over a half acre.

114 represents the so-called height (h) of the trapazoid. You can get the height from S^2 = h^2 + b^2; where S is one of the assumed non-parallel sides = 155 feet. b is the base of one of the triangles formed by 1/2 (304 - 93) = 105 and S = 155. Basically the height is just the second, non-base side of either of the two triangles at either end of a trapazoid.

Answer 3

You need one more piece of information before you can calculate the area. For example, suppose I told you to find the area of a four-sided figure with dimensions of 1 by 1 by 1 by 1.

Is it a square with area 1? Or is it a rhombus with smaller area. Or in the worst case, perhaps two of the angles are almost 180 and the other two are almost 0. That would be one tiny lot.

First, are these measurements in consecutive order? Also, do you know if there is a right angle between any of the two? Or another known angle anywhere? Supply more details and we can help you out.

Answer 4

If those are the lengths of the 4 sides...

With the information given it is impossible to tell the area of the lot. You need some directions or angles to determine the size of a quadrilateral...

You can go to the county land office to find out how big it is.

Answer 5

the answer is 698,770,752 sqft or 16,041.569 acres

Answer 6

its 0.72 acres