|> From: Michael Donahue <mdonahue at u.washington.edu>
|> Subject: hectares/acres/etc.
|>
|> I was wondering if any of you scientists out there could give me the
|> measurements of a hectare. I read a lot of articles that give area
|> measurements in hectares, but I would appreciate being able to do a
|> conversion to square feet (or square) miles. While you're at it, what's
|> an acre?
|> I haven't been able to find these area measurements any where.
|>
|> Mike Donahue
|> mdonahue at u.washington.edu

If you have a decent computer ...

unix>units
you have: hectare
you want: acre
* 2.471054e+00
/ 4.046856e-01
you have: hectare
you want: km2
* 1.000000e-02
/ 1.000000e+02
you have: hectare
you want: miles2
* 3.861022e-03
/ 2.589988e+02
you have: hectare
you want: feet2
* 1.076391e+05
/ 9.290304e-06

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