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

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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

e.mccormick · Answer

Know how to set up a ratio?

e.mccormick · Answer

Personal Messages are not a way to harass other users. Like all content on OpenStudy, personal messages are subject to the Code of Conduct you agreed to for using this site. http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct Read the section under "Don't be offensive, inappropriate, or creepy!" Each thing you are dealing with can be put as $\dfrac{\text{Feet}}{\text{Meters}}$. Once you have two ratios (fractions) set them equal to each other: $\dfrac{\text{Feet Standard}}{\text{Meters Standard}}=\dfrac{\text{Feet Unknown}}{\text{Meters Given}}$ Then solve for the one you don't have a number for.