: You are looking at a 260 foot by 180 foot building lot to subdivide and build two houses. Your town requires 1/2 acre (one acr

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e = 43,560 square feet) to build a house. How many acres are in this building lot and how many houses will the town allow you to build on this lot?

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babunello [3.6K] · Answer 1 · 2026-02-27T14:53:01+03:00

Answer:

This lot is equivalent to 1.074 acres.

It can accommodate the construction of 2 houses.

Step-by-step explanation:

The dimensions of the lot are 260 ft $\times$ 180 ft.

The configuration of the lot is rectangular.

Area of the lot (Length $\times$ Width) is:

$260 \times 180 \\\Rightarrow 46800\ ft^2$

We know:

$43,560\ ft^2 = 1\ acre\\1\ ft^2 = \dfrac{1}{43560\ acres}\\46800\ ft^2 = \dfrac{1}{43560} \times 46800\ acres\\\Rightarrow 1.074\ acres$

Thus, 1.074 acres exist in this lot.

Each house requires $\frac{1}{2}$ acres, and with ~1 acre available,

the town permits the construction of 2 houses.