Re: converting miles to square miles

Re: converting miles to square miles   (07/13/2010, 3:47 PM)

I'm assuming you are standing in a fixed position, and you can turn around and see 15 miles in any direction.

In that case, you are basically viewing an area that covers a circle with a radius of 15 miles.

The area of the circle is pi * r^2:

pi * 15^2 = 706.86 square miles

So to convert miles to square miles, the conversion is 15 miles of sight = 707 square miles of area seen.