Question

to prepare for upcoming football practice coach Johnson measured the team's practice field. Which method would give coach Johnson the most precise measurement.
A. coach Johnson should measurement the field to the nearest kilometer.
b. should measurement the field to the nearest mile.
c. should measurement the field to the nearest foot.
d. should measurement the field to the nearest yard

Answer 1

I think it is D

Answer 2

We know the field is measured in Yards, but that doesn't necessarily mean that yards in the most precise measurement.

Answer 3

so ur tryin to say its C???

Answer 4

ok but in Football u play in yards

Answer 5

Yes, I agree, however, to get precise measurements, I was thinking to myself feet would probably be more precise than yards.

Answer 6

So.... ur sayin C

Answer 7

I would pick C, yes

Answer 8

In foot?

Answer 9

Whyy???

Answer 10

Yes, but you should probably wait on a second opinion. Preferably from

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Answer 11

to the nearest foot would be 3 times more accurate than the nearest yard

Answer 12

I looked this up not to long ago:

A measurement in a smaller unit is usually more precise than one in a larger unit.

Answer 13

My original conclusion to use the foot measurement was based on just instinct. It makes sense to use the smaller unit if you want more accurate measurements. If you used yards only to make the measurement, there's a chance that you could accidently over-measure or round to the nearest yard, which wouldn't be as accurate.

Answer 14

each option says "to the nearest"
otherwise they would all have the same accuracy

Answer 15

Measuring the the nearest foot is more accurate than measuring to the nearest yard since feet is the smaller unit.

Answer 16

c. should measurement the field to the nearest foot.