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Puzzle ZDKN 



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Which are there more of...

...square feet in half a square mile or cubic yards in a cubic furlong?

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Answer
Square feet in half a square mile.

Reasoning
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.

A mile is 1760 x 3 = 5280 feet in a mile.

A square mile is 5280 x 5280 = 27878400 square feet.

Therefore half a square mile = 13,939,200 square feet.

A furlong is 1760 ÷ 8 = 220 yards.

Therefore a cubic furlong is 220 x 220 x 220 = 10,648,000 cubic yards.

 

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