Question

The grass in the outfield of a professional baseball stadium is trimmed to a height of 5.08 * 10^-5 miles. Which unit of measurement is most appropriate to measure in height?

Answer 1

The height is given as 5.05 x 10⁻⁵ miles.

Because this is in English units, we should reduce the height to inches.

Note that
1 mile = 5280 ft
= 5280*12 = 63360 in

Therefore the height is
(5.08 x 10⁻⁵ miles)*(63360 in/mile) = 3.219 in

Answer:
3.2 in (nearest tenth)
The given measurement is in English units, so the conversion stays in English units.