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 |
1 |
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 |
1 |
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
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