SOLUTION: An acre is about 40,000 square feet, so you can imagine an acre to be a square area measuring 200 feet on a side. Several years ago, I was interested in hiring a bulldozer operato

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Question 1154850: An acre is about 40,000 square feet, so you can imagine an acre to be a square area measuring 200 feet on
a side. Several years ago, I was interested in hiring a bulldozer operator to clear a square parcel of land that
measured 100 feet on each side. During a telephone discussion, one contractor offered the following: “I
charge $600 per acre. An acre measures 200 by 200 feet, so a 100 by 100-foot plot of land would cost $300.”
At this point, I hung up the phone. Why?
Answer by ikleyn(52814) About Me  (Show Source):
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This smart person expected to hear $150, and he (or she) was shocked to hear $300, instead.