2007-01-28 15:20:07 · 11 answers · asked by ldee1055 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
As the previous poster stated an acre is a measure of area, specifically an acre is 43560 square feet per acre.
It does not make sense to ask how wide is an acre because width is in reference to a single dimension while an acre is two dimensions, length by width.
2007-01-28 15:25:15 · answer #1 · answered by KingGeorge 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 43.56 one thousand square feet in an acre. So an acre has 43,560 square feet.
Because an acre is a measure of AREA, not length, it is defined in square feet. An acre can be of any shape—a rectangle, a triangle, a circle, or even a star—so long as its area is exactly 43,560 square feet.
The most standard shape for an acre is one furlong by one chain, or 660 feet by 66 feet. To find the linear measurements of other rectangular acres, just divide 43,560 by the number of feet you want on one side. A square-shaped acre would then be about 208.7 by 208.7 feet (because 208.7 x 208.7 = ~43,560). An acre 100 feet wide would be 435.6 feet long (100 x 435.6 = 43,560) and an acre 1 foot wide would be 43,560 feet long.
The acre, by the way, was originally an English unit of measurement that described the area that a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. It originally differed in size from one area to the next, but was ultimately fixed at 4,840 square yards, or 160 square chains (its current size).
2007-01-28 15:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by TJTB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A acre is a unit of area, not of length: so the statement that the land is an acre wide is ambiguous. Now if it is implicitly assumed that we are talking about square acres then the length would be about 207 feet.
2007-01-28 15:23:10 · answer #3 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The original acre was a chain by a furlong(22yd by 220yd) or 43560 sq ft. The expression an "acre wide" has no meaning.
An acre foot is a measure of water usage and equals 43560cu ft of water.
2007-01-28 20:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by lester_day 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an acre =1/640 mi^2=43560ft^2 there is no such thing as being an acre wide. acre is square measure, width is linear measure.
2007-01-28 15:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 acre = 1 chain x 1 furlong = 66 feet x 660 feet = 43560 sq feet.
(slightly smaller than the smallest allowed football (soccer) pitch)
2007-01-29 00:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by igorolman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An acre is not a measure of length.
An acre is a measure of area.
If memory serves me correctly:-
1 acre = 43560 ft² = 4840 yd²
2007-01-28 18:23:43 · answer #7 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answers as above.....but it is worth noting that land is not measured in acres anymore but hectares.....a hectar being an area of land 100m x 100m or 10,000 sq m.
2007-01-28 19:55:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one acre is 43560ft
2007-01-28 15:24:41 · answer #9 · answered by bigb62960 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
208.71feet long and 208.71feet wide
2007-01-28 15:24:18 · answer #10 · answered by RhondaJo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋