If a rectangle piece of land is 1.2 miles by 900 yards, what is the area in square miles?

Question

If a rectangle piece of land is 1.2 miles by 900 yards, what is the area in square miles?

Answer 1

Area of a rectangle = length×breadth

 

Here,

length=1.2 miles

breadth=900 yards

 

Also,

1 mile = 1760 yards

 

so,

900 yards = (900÷1760) miles

                = 0.5 miles

 

Thus,

The area of the rectangular piece of land is,

 

Area= length×breadth

       =1.2 miles ×0.5 miles

       = 0.6 square miles

 

Hence, the solution is 0.6 square miles.