Question 2.
In the US, lengths are often measured in inches, feet, yards and miles. Let's do
some conversions. The definition of the inch is: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, exactly. A foot is
12 inches and a mile is 5280 ft, exactly. A centimetre is exactly 0.01 m or 10 mm.
Sammy is 5 feet and 5.3 inches tall.
a). What is Sammy's height in Inches? (answer to 3 significant figures)
(3)
b). What is Sammy's height in Feet? (answer to 3 significant figures)
what is Sammy's hight in feet according to this statement

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Muscardinus Muscardinus · Answer 1 · 2020-08-10T04:23:32+02:00

Explanation:

1 inch = 25.4 mm

1 foot = 12 inches

1 mile = 5260 feet

1 cm = 0.01 m or 10 mm

Now Sammy's height is 5 feet and 5.3 inches.

(a) We need to find Sammy's height in inches.

Since, 1 foot = 12 inches

5 feet = 5 × 12 inches = 60 inches

Now, 5 feet and 5.3 inches = 60 inches + 5.3 inches = 65.3 inches

Sammy's height is 65.3 inches.

(b) We need to find Sammy's height in feet.

Since, 1 foot = 12 inches

[tex]1\ \text{inch}=\dfrac{1}{12}\ \text{feet}[/tex]

So,

[tex]5.3\ \text{inch}=\dfrac{5.3}{12}\ \text{feet}=0.4416\ \text{feet}[/tex]

5 feet and 5.3 inches = 5 feet + 0.4416 feet = 5.44 feet

Sammy's height is 5.44 feet.