Question

A community swimming pool is 8 yards 4.79 feet wide. How wide is the pool in meters and centimeters?

Conversion ratios:

1 m = 1.09 yd
1 ft = 0.3048 m
1 m = 100 cm
Round the centimeters to the nearest hundredth.

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Answer 1

8 yd = 7.2192 m

4.79 ft = 1.4499 m

7.2192 m + 1.4499 m = 8.6691 m

8.6691 m x 100 cm = 866.91 cm