Tropical rainforests are being cleared at a rate of 8 million hectares per year. How many football fields per hour are being deforested? One hectare is equal to 2.47 acres, and there are 1.32 acres in a football field. (Round to the nearest acre per hour.)

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samueladesida43 samueladesida43 · Answer 1 · 2022-09-15T14:03:11+02:00

The number of football fields per hour that are being deforested is 1710 football fields.

According to this question, tropical rainforests are being cleared at a rate of 8 million hectares per year.

This means that 8 million hectares are being cleared every 8760 hours, since there are 365 days in a year and 24 hours in a day.

1 hectare = 2.471 acres

8 million hectares = 19.77 million acres

If 19.77 million acres is cleared every 8760 hours

Per hour, 19770000 ÷ 8760 = 2256.8 acres is cleared.

Since there are 1.32 acres in a football field, this means that approximately 1710 football fields are being deforested per hour.

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