The figure shown represents a plot of land and is drawn using a scale in which 1 cm equals 2 miles. One square mile is 640 acres. How large is the actual plot of land, in acres?
Area = (12+10) /2 X 10 = 110 cm^2
each cm^2 = 4 mi^2 110cm^2 * 4 mi2/cm2 * 640 acres/mi2 =281600 acres (edited)