Paraceratherium was the biggest land mammal there has ever been. It lived about 35 million years ago and was 8 m tall and 11 m long. It looked like a giant rhinoceros but had a long neck like a giraffe. About how tall was Paraceratherium in feet? Use the conversion factor 1 ft. = 0.3048 m. Round to the nearest tenth where necessary.
a.
26.7 ft.
c.
42.6 ft.
b.
36.7 ft.
d.
19.9 ft.
gIVING A MEDAL

Question

Paraceratherium was the biggest land mammal there has ever been. It lived about 35 million years ago and was 8 m tall and 11 m long. It looked like a giant rhinoceros but had a long neck like a giraffe. About how tall was Paraceratherium in feet? Use the conversion factor 1 ft. = 0.3048 m. Round to the nearest tenth where necessary.
a.
26.7 ft.
c.
42.6 ft.
b.
36.7 ft.
d.
19.9 ft.
 gIVING A MEDAL

anonymous · Answer

use conversion factors:

$$8 m \times \frac{ 1 ft }{ 0.3048m } = \frac{ 8 }{ 0.3048 } ft$$

i chose the fraction i did to "cancel out" the units for meters