document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=158042>Question 158042</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1559537639/algebrahomeworkh>Discovering Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A group of students measured several object around their school in both yards and meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yards    7    3.5  7.5  4.25  6.25  11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Meters   6.3  3.2  6.8  3.8   5.6   9.9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use theri data, shown in the table to find a conversion factor between yards and meters </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A yard is 36 inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A meter is 100 cm, and an inch is 2.54 cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, a yard is 36*2.54 cm, or 36*0.0254 meters, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 yd = 0.9144 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 meter = 1.0936 yards\r<BR>\n" );
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