Question

At a school picnic, your teacher asks you to mark a field every 10 yards so students can play football. The teacher accidentally gave you a meter stick instead of a yard stick. How far apart in meters should you mark the lines if you still want them?

Answer 1

9.144 meters

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Explanation:

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Answer 2

Explanation:

The conversion factor of meters to yards is 1 yard = 0.9144 meters

So set up a proportion

1 yard/0.9144 meters = 10 yards / x Cross multiply

x = 0.9144 * 10

x = 9.144 meters.