SOLUTION: the formula m=0.3048 coverts length in feet f to length in meters m. a building that is 270 feet tall, is how tall in meters?

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: the formula m=0.3048 coverts length in feet f to length in meters m. a building that is 270 feet tall, is how tall in meters? This question is from textbook elementary & intermediate algebra

Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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A meter is a little longer than a yard. Since there are 3 feet in a yard you can get a rough
estimate of the answer by dividing 270 by 3 to find that the building is 90 yards tall.
Therefore, the number of meters will also be around 90 ... actually a little less than 90
.
So to get the answer to this problem you take the 0.3048 and multiply it by the number of feet
in the height of the building. So you get:
.
Height in meters = height in feet times 0.3048 = 270 * 0.3048 = 82.296 meters
.
Hope this helps you to understand the problem