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So in this problem, we were told the land ordinance of 1785 divided the northwest territory into squares of land called townships.
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And then each township was divided into 36 square sections.
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So in our diagram, we're told that each of these sections or each of these squares is represented a section.
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So we're told that it's one mile on each side.
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So each section is one mile.
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So that means each of these little sections is one mile long each.
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So we want to know how many square miles are in the township.
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Well, because they're asking for square miles, they want us to find the area of the section.
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Well, essentially, this is just a square.
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So how many miles would the length be? well, it would be one, two, three, four, five, six.
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So the length would be six miles...