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Correction for the size of a US Dime

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How big is 8.750 square inches?
It's about twenty times as big as a US Dime
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The size of a US Dime is about 0.39040 square inches.
(United States ten-cent coin) (a.k.a. Roosevelt dime)
The dime, in its current design since 1946, has a diameter of 17.91 mm (0.705 in) and an area of 0.39040 square inches.
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The Measure of Things. (2024). Correction for the size of a US Dime. Retrieved October 12, 2024 from www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=area&unit=in2&amt=8.75&i=396
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"Correction for the size of a US Dime" The Measure of Things, 2024, www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=area&unit=in2&amt=8.75&i=396. Accessed 12 Oct 2024.
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"Correction for the size of a US Dime." The Measure of Things. 2024. https://www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=area&unit=in2&amt=8.75&i=396.
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