Question

You measure your stride and find it to be 27 inches. If you were to walk to Newfields, a town 4.5 miles north of Exeter, how many steps would you have to take? Remember that there are 12 inches in a foot, and 5280 feet in a mile.

Options:
A) Approximately 10,080 steps
B) Approximately 12,600 steps
C) Approximately 14,400 steps
D) Approximately 16,320 steps

Answer 1

To calculate the steps needed to walk 4.5 miles with a stride of 27 inches, convert miles to inches and then divide by the stride length, yielding approximately 10,560 steps.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is tasked with calculating how many steps it would take to walk 4.5 miles, with each step measuring 27 inches. To find the number of steps, one must first convert miles to inches and then divide by the length of a stride. There are 12 inches in a foot and 5,280 feet in a mile, so the total number of inches in 4.5 miles is:

4.5 miles x 5,280 feet/mile x 12 inches/foot = 285,120 inches.

Now, we divide this by the length of a stride:

285,120 inches ÷ 27 inches/stride = 10,560 steps.