Question

A group of hikers climbed to the top of a mountain. They climbed 2000 feet each day for five days to get to the top. Approximately how many miles tall was the mountain?

Answer 1

The mountain is 1.89 miles tall

Explanation:

Firstly, we need to compute the value in feet of the total distance traveled by the group.

We were told they traveled 2000 feet per day for 5 days, the total distance they have hiked would be 2000 * 5 = 10,000 feet

Now, we need to convert this to miles

Mathematically ;

1 foot = 0.000189 mile

Hence, 10,000 feet = 10,000 * 0.000189 = 1.89 miles

This means the mountain is 1.89 miles tall