permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Sharon Gordon wrote:

> I am looking for how  many square metres/feet an area measurement of a cent is.  

I have seen some references to a 25 cent plot of land.  Looked at the online 
measurement

conversion site without finding cent as an area of measurement.  Any ideas?
> Sharon
> gordonse@one.net

Get out your vernier or digital calipers and measure the diameter of the coin; measure several and derive a mean 
measurement. A = Pi (3.1416) X R(radius)2(squared)
Area equals Pi times the square of the radius.

or its the going rate for an acre of farmland in dollars ($1000) divided by 
.25
or the equation:

x/43560=.25/1000
solve for x

.25X43560=1000x
1742.4=1000x
x=1.7424

@ $1000/acre, $.25 equals 1.7424 square feet

or derive the area of a one cent coin in square feet, multiply it by 25 and 
divide that
by 43560 to find what percentage of an acre that is

or measure a quarter and do same calculation
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