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A certain town has an area of $4.36$ square miles. What is the area, in square yards, of this town? $left parenthesis 1 mile equals 1,760 yards right parenthesis$

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Explanation

Choice D is correct. Since the number of yards in $1$ mile is $1,760$ , the number of square yards in $1$ square mile is $left parenthesis 1,760 right parenthesis left parenthesis 1,760 right parenthesis equals 3,097,600$ . Therefore, if the area of the town is $4.36$ square miles, it is $4.36 left parenthesis 3,097,600 right parenthesis equals 13,505,536$ , in square yards.

Choice A is incorrect and may result from dividing the number of yards in a mile by the square mileage of the town.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from multiplying the number of yards in a mile by the square mileage of the town.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from dividing the number of square yards in a square mile by the square mileage of the town.