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2.1  Area

With the map given to us by Mr. Town we approximated the area of       the Bear Creek Basin. We split the map into rectangles and triangles. 

RECTANGLES

Number   Length Width   Area 
5.5 10.5 57.75
2 16 16 256
3 16 16 256
4 2.25 5.875 13.21875
5 3 12.5  37.5
6 2.375 10.375  24.640625
7 4.25 13.625  57.90625
8 2 8.25  16.5
9 3.5 2 7
10 3 4.375  13.125
11 2.375 1.5  3.5625
12 1 1.5 1.5
13 1 2 2
14 4.125 4.875  20.109375
15 9 2.125  19.125
16 1.875 8.75  16.40625
17  1 4.75 4.75
18 1.875 5.375 10.078125
19 1.375 1 1.375
20 0.75 2.25 1.6875
21 3 1.75 5.25
22 1.375 1.5  2.0625
23 1.375 1 1.375
24 1 1.5 1.5
25 2.25 1 2.25
26 2.375 2.375 5.640625
27 6.25 2  12.5
28 1.5 1.625  2.4375
29 10.5 1.625  17.0625
30 7 1.625 11.375
31 0.75 4.625 3.46875
32 0.625 2.5 1.5625
33 0.875 3.125 2.73475
34 2.125 2.25 4.78125
35 0.625 3.5 2.1875
36 1.75 1.25 2.1875
37 0.875 1.75  1.53125
38 2 1.5 3
39 1 1.5 1.5
40 1.875 1.375 2.578125
TOTAL     907.219125 

TRIANGLES

Number   Height Base   Area 
0.625 3.125 0.9765625
2 1 3.25 1.625
3 0.625 2 0.625
4 1.25 2.25 1.40625
5 2.5 1.5 1.875
6 2 0.5 0.5 
7 1.5 1.875 1.40625
8 0.5 0.25 0.0625
9 2.625 2.875 3.7734375
10 1.875 3.5 3.28125
11 2.125 2 2.125
12 1.5 1 0.75
13 2 2.375 2.375
14 1.25 1.125 0.703125
15 0.5 1.375 0.34375
16 2.125 5.375 5.7109375
17 1.25 1.75 1.09375
18 1.875 1.75 1.640625
19 1 1.125 0.625
20 1.125 1.625 0.9140625
21 1.25 0.5 0.3125
22 0.5 1.125 0.28125
23 0.75 1.625 0.609375
24 0.75 1.625 0.609375
25 1 2.375 1.1875
26 0.625 0.5 0.15625
27 0.625 1.375  0.4296875
28 1.875 1.5 1.40625
29 3.5 0.75 1.3175
30 1 2.125 1.0625
31 1.125  0.875 0.4921875
32 0.875 0.875  0.3828125
33 1.625 1.5 1.21875
34 0.75 0.875 0.328125
35 1 0.875 0.4375
36 1.25 1.375 0.859375
37 1.625 4.375 3.5546875
38 2 3.25 3.25
39 1.25 0.625 0.390625
40 1.125 0.375 0.2109375
41 1 0.5 0.25
42 1.625 1.5 1.21875
43 4.25 1.5 3.1875
44 3 2 3
TOTAL     57.9659375

   Grand Total = 965.1850625 inches = 51.23 square miles