Chapter 3, Problem 3PE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To determine the area of an acre expressed in square rods (rods x rods), if an acre used to be defined as the area 1 furlong long and 4 rods wide.

Concept introduction:

The measurement is a characteristic number to the object that can be compared with other object. The scope of the measurement depends upon the context and event. Measurement is commonly used as the international system of unit as a comparison framework. The system has 7 fundamental units’ like kilogram, meter, candela, ampere, kelvin and mole. The metric system is a decimal system of the measurement based on the units for the length, meter, the mass, the kilogram. It exists in several forms with various choices of the basic units. The metric system indicates a single basic unit for number of physical quantities. Other quantities are derived from the SI units.