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General George washing was 1.85 meters tall. what was his height in feet and inches?

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Final answer:

General George Washington was
1.85 meters tall, which converts approximately to
6 feet
0 inches when using the standard conversion of


1 meter equaling
3.28084 feet and
1 foot equaling
12 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to convert General George Washington's height from meters to feet and inches. The student provided a height of
1.85 meters for General Washington. To convert meters to feet, you multiply the number of meters by
3.28084 since there are approximately
3.28084 feet in a meter.

Therefore
1.85 meters times
3.28084 feet
per meter equals
6.06955 feet . To find the height in feet and inches, we first take the whole number part for the feet, which is
6 feet . We then take the fractional part (
0.06955 feet) and convert it to inches. Since there are
12 inches in a foot we'll multiply this fractional part by 12. So,
0.06955 feet times
12 inches per foot equals approximately
0.8346 inches.

It's common to round to the nearest whole inch, so General George Washington's height was approximately
6 feet 0 inches. Keep in mind that people often round heights to the nearest inch for simplicity but the exact calculation would give a more precise figure in inches.

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