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OpenStudy (anonymous):

After contact was made the spheroid sailed four thousand one hundred forty inches. How many yards did the spheroid sail after contact was made

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

You need to convert from inches to yards. Do you know how many inches there are in a yard?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Carrying units throughout your computation is helpful when you want to express a measurement in terms of a larger or smaller unit :-)

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

4140 inches -----> how many yards?

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Any ideas? 4140 in *(1ft/12in)*(1yd/3ft) = ? us

OpenStudy (skullpatrol):

Set up the units to "cancel out."

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