Sirs: > *Non-square areas of one hectare: One is circle with a radius of 56.4 m. Another is a triangle with a base of 100 m and a height of 200 m (and an infinite number of other triangles with bases and heights such that base times height equals 20000 m^2) Then there are pentagons, hexagons, all those other "-gons", not to mention star shapes, ellipses, trapezoids, etc. and I haven't even started on the irregular shapes like the shape of the lot I built my house on, the shape of the state of Florida, the shape of Valles Marinaris on Mars, the shape of ... well, never mind! You get the idea!
========================== Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ==========================* Can there be a more approperiate way of confusing - the confused Tiny Tots, who need to learn more on METRICS? Regards,Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454634)/995+D-127W24-01 (G. Monday, 2008 June 16H 20:26(decimal) ISTAa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdfHOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 011-9871554809 (M) 001(201)962-3708(when in US) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [USMA:41125] RE: Square hectaresDate: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:25:05 -0400 On Jun 14 , at 5:53 PM, Martin Vlietstra wrote: Is the term "square hectare" really redundant? Surely a piece of land thatis 100 m by 100 m can be descried as a "square hectare"? After all, it is asquare. I can't agree with that. There are innumerable areas* with an area measurement of one hectare that are NOT square, and they are all still hectares. Any irregular shaped (such as a piece of land often is) cannot be measured by noting how many 100 m by 100 m squares can fit in it. Even a square shape cannot alway be measured that way. Consider a square 12 m by 12 m: one can fit one hectare sized square into it so one knows it is at more than one hectare in size, but the remaining space would not be a square, yet it, too, can be measured in square metres and therefore in hectares (and fractions thereof). Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA *Non-square areas of one hectare: One is circle with a radius of 56.4 m. Another is a triangle with a base of 100 m and a height of 200 m (and an infinite number of other triangles with bases and heights such that base times height equals 20000 m^2) Then there are pentagons, hexagons, all those other "-gons", not to mention star shapes, ellipses, trapezoids, etc. and I haven't even started on the irregular shapes like the shape of the lot I built my house on, the shape of the state of Florida, the shape of Valles Marinaris on Mars, the shape of ... well, never mind! You get the idea! ========================== Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ========================== _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy 5 GB of free, password-protected online storage. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_062008
