Question

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In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. The area of this purchase was 828,000 square miles.

1. If one square mile is equal to 640 acres, how many acres of land did the United States acquire through the Louisiana Purchase?
2. About how much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory per acre?

Answer 1

To find out how many acres of land the United States acquired through the Louisiana Purchase, you can simply multiply the number of square miles by the conversion factor from square miles to acres:

828,000 square miles × 640 acres/square mile = 530,400,000 acres

So, the United States acquired 530,400,000 acres of land through the Louisiana Purchase.

To calculate the approximate cost per acre, you can divide the total cost of the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million) by the total number of acres acquired:

Cost per acre = Total cost / Total acres

Cost per acre = $15,000,000 / 530,400,000 acres ≈ $0.02827 per acre

So, the United States paid approximately 2.83 cents per acre for the Louisiana Territory.

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