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13. To ride a roller coaster, you must be 48 inches tall. There are 30.48 centimeters in 1 foot. Approximately how many centimeters is 48 inches? Round to the nearest whole centimeter.

14. A water cooler contains 240 cups of water. One gallon is equal to approximately 3.8 liters. About how many liters of water are in the water cooler? Round to the nearest whole liter.

15. A billboard is 6 meters long. One centimeter is approximately 0.39 inch. About how long is the billboard in inches? Round to the nearest whole inch.

Answer 1

13- pretty sure its 122

14- 58

15- i think its 236?

Answer 2

Problem 13

Answer: 122 cm

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Step-by-step explanation:

It's not mentioned, but keep in mind that 1 foot is equivalent to 12 inches. This means that 48 inches is equal to 48/12 = 4 feet. So you must be 4 feet tall, or taller, to be able to ride the roller coaster.

To convert this to centimeters, we multiply by 30.48 to get 4*30.48 = 121.92 cm, which then rounds to 122 cm

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Problem 14

Answer: Approximately 57 liters

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Step-by-step explanation:

1 gallon = 16 cups

Note how 240/16 = 15, which means we can multiply both sides of that equation above by 15 and we end up with

15*(1 gallon) = 15*(16 cups)

15 gallons = 240 cups

The water cooler is 15 gallons.

Multiply this by 3.8, since there are about 3.8 liters per gallon, and we end up with the answer of 3.8*15 = 57 liters

This answer is approximate since the 3.8 was approximate.

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Problem 15

Answer: Approximately 234 inches

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Step-by-step explanation:

1 meter = 100 cm

6 meters = 600 cm (multiply both sides by 6)

1 cm = 0.39 inches

600*(1 cm) = 600*(0.39 inches)

600 cm = 234 inches

This answer is approximate because the 0.39 was approximate.