Question

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(I know the answers to some of these, but I really just need help showing my work!)

The Great Wall of China is the only human-built structure that can be seen from the space shuttle. When completed, the wall was over 19,536,000 feet long. How long is the great wall in kilometers?

A. How many miles long is the Great Wall?
How many feet are in a mile? 5280 feet = 1 mile



Show your work to find 19,536,000 = _____________ miles


B. Suppose 1 mile = 1.6034 kilometers. How many kilometers long is the Great Wall? Show your work.
21,196.8 km


C. How many meters? Show your work.
21.19618 million meters

Answer 1

To find out how many miles, meters and kilometers are in something, divide by the amount of feet in he miles (5280). So for this one 19,563,000 divided by 5,280 feet, equals 3,700 miles.