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Jack says,This gymnasuim is 30 meters long. A meter is longer than a yard, so if I mesure the length of the gymnasuim in yards,I will get less than 30 yards''. Do you agree with jack

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Answer: I do not because Jack is wrong.

Explanation:

If a unit of measurement is larger than another, the latter unit of measurement will have to be larger when converted to the former unit.

This is because the first larger unit covers more measurements than the second smaller unit so when that smaller unit is converted, it would have to be even more in size to cover the measurement that the larger unit was able to cover.

For instance, 1 meter is 1.093613 yards.

30 meters in yards will therefore be:

= 30 * 1.093613

= 32.8084 yards

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