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According to your figures, alaska + hawaii is 15x the size of japan, and thus 1.5x the size of the lower 48 states. that's wrong.
by xenophanes 17y ago
According to your figures, alaska + hawaii is 15x the size of japan, and thus 1.5x the size of the lower 48 states. that's wrong.
- jibiki 17y ago(Hawaii: 28,311 km²) Alaska: 1,717,854 km² Other 48 states: 8,080,464.25 km² Japan: 377,873 km² Now we calculate: (28,311+1,717,854+8,080,464.25)/377,873 = 26.0051108 8,080,464.25 / 377,873 = 21.3840741 So, the whole US is 25x, but "contiguous 48", as wikipedia calls them, are only 20x.
- dkasper 17y agowhoops good call, I knew that didn't seem right. I was looking at square miles for the contiguous 48 and square kilometers for Japan.