2006-12-30 04:34:42 · 8 answers · asked by gary p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
mile by mile = square mile (mile^2)
2006-12-30 04:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Ninu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dimensions Of A Square Mile
2017-01-16 11:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As opposed to a mile square?
I've seen and heard grown scientists seriously debate this. This is one of the weaknesses in the English language...ambiguity.
Unfortunately, when technical people try to define terms, they frequently do not do a good job at it. They should leave defining terms to lexicographers.
To answer your question, given the ambiguity in it, square anything has square dimensions. Seconds square are written sec^2 or sec**2 when we have no superscript capability (like here). Square feet looks like ft^2 or ft**2. And your "square mile" would be mi^2 or mi**2.
One of the banes for physics is the use of units (e.g., ft., meter, mile, sec, grams)...there are so many units that we can apply to the characteristics of distance, mass, and time. Even time has its millennia, centurys, decades, years, months, days, hours, seconds, milliseconds, and on and on. The distance and mass units are even more diverse.
So even though the "dimensions" of a square mile are mi^2, there are equivalent units for a mile. For example, 1 mile = 5,280 ft by definition. So 1 mi^2 = 1 (5,280 ft/mi)^2 mi^2 = 5,280^2 (ft^2/mi^2) mi^2 = 5,280^2 (ft^2)(mi^2/mi^2) ~ 28,000,000 ft^2 in that square mile of yours. Even so, the dimensions are something square, in this case feet square.
Had you asked for the dimensions of a volume, I would have said something cubed rather than squared. Thus, for example, the volume of a box would have some distance unit cubed, like ft^3.
2006-12-30 05:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 mile X 1 mile = 1 mile ^2
2006-12-30 04:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by Saphire Aurora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One easy combination to remember is
66 x 660 = 43560.
This is one acre. There are 640 acres in a square mile. So, multiply by 640.
43560 x 640 = 27878400
This can be 5280 x 5280, or any combination that gives the same area.
2006-12-30 04:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a square mile may be one mile on each side (if it is a square). however, a square mile is expressing area, which can be for any shape.
please understand that your question has an infinite number of answers. because there are an infinite number of shapes.
2006-12-30 04:49:05 · answer #6 · answered by Piguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh...1 mile by one mile?
2006-12-30 04:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
5,280 feet X 5,280 feet.
2006-12-30 04:38:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋