Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's all I need. 40 acres and a mule. ;-) Jeff Matsler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: New Mexico's population density > > On May 8, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Mark wrote: > >> So as you walk down the street which is a mile >> 5279.9 / 19.75 >> = 267.3367088608 >> >> >> You run into a person every 267 feet! That's pretty spaced out! > > Mark, > > Bad math. There are almost 28 million square feet in a square mile. > If the people were evenly spaced out, Phil's 15 New Mexico citizens > per sq. mile could enjoy a ranchette of 42 acres each. If the people > stood in the center of their ranchette, there would be 1363 feet > between them. That's a quarter of a mile. Of course, on Saturday > night, in the corner bar, it's considerably more crowded. > > Next week we calculate how many angels can dance on the point of a pin.