> 1 Square Mile is 3,097,600 yards, That would be alot of cops,at one for > every 500 yards.
Your maths are correct but your logic fails you. The range of 500 yards is in all directions (a radius) so each officer would be able to cover 3.14x500x500 or 785,398 sq yds so you would actually only need about 4 cops per square mile, although that calculation doesn't allow for the fact circles don't tessellate very well, call it 5 ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
