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The moon is 250,000 miles away. How many feet is it from earth

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(250,000 miles) x (5,280 feet/mile) = 1,320,000,000 feet

( 1.32 x 10⁹ )

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The conversion between miles and feet is:


1 mi = 5280 ft

So we can set up a proportion to find how many feet corresponds to 250000 miles:


1 mi: 5280 ft = 250000 mi :x

and solving it, we find


x=(5280 ft \cdot 250000 mi)/(1 mi) =1.32 \cdot 10^9 ft

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