Question

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Convert the following unit lengths as indicated. Choose the right answer.


15,000 feet to kilometers.

Answer 1

4.572 KM

First, you want to convert the ft to meters. It will be easier to do it this way because 1000 meters in in a Kilometer.

So, you can divide the end result by 1,000 to get kilometers…

So, first concert this statement out of scientific notation,

3.048x10^-1

This would just be, 0.3048

Now multiply 15,000 ft by this, which would be 4,572 meters…

But, we want kilometers. So, divide this by 1000

4,572/1,000 is 4.572…

So, your answer is 4.572 kilometers…

I hope this helps

Answer 2

To convert 15,000 feet to kilometers, we can use the conversion factor:

1 kilometer = 3280.84 feet

To convert feet to kilometers, we need to divide the number of feet by the conversion factor.

Let's calculate the conversion:

15,000 feet ÷ 3280.84 feet/kilometer = 4.57 kilometers (rounded to two decimal places)

Therefore, 15,000 feet is approximately equal to 4.57 kilometers