SOLUTION: A man, having no measuring device, measured the length and width of a field by counting the revolutions made by a wheel. He discovered the measurements to be 60 and 22 revolutions

Question 1051166: A man, having no measuring device, measured the length and width of a field by counting the revolutions made by a wheel. He discovered the measurements to be 60 and 22 revolutions, respectively. The wheel is 3 ft. 4 in. in diameter. Determine number of acres in the field.

Circumference = pi * diameter.
3.1416 * 3.33 = 10.46 ft.
Acre = 43,560 sq. ft.
How do I solve? Non-homework question.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Using what you presented,

This is the area of the field in square feet
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[ sq ft ] x [ acres/ sq ft ] = [ acres ]
acres
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