Question

The winning long jump at a track meet was 27 ft 10 in. Convert this distance to meters. Round to the nearesthundredth.0.94 m3.34 m848.36 m8.48 m14.57 m

Answer 1

Remember that

1 ft=0.3048 m

1 in=0.0254 m

In this problem we have

27 ft 10 in

Convert to meters

so

27 ft 10 in=27(0.3048)+10(0.0254)

=8.2296+0.254

=8.4836 m

therefore

The answer is

8.48 m