SOLUTION: A group of students measured several object around their school in both yards and meters. Yards 7 3.5 7.5 4.25 6.25 11 Meters 6.3 3.2 6.8 3.8 5.6 9.9 Use

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Question 158042This question is from textbook Discovering Algebra
: A group of students measured several object around their school in both yards and meters.
Yards 7 3.5 7.5 4.25 6.25 11
Meters 6.3 3.2 6.8 3.8 5.6 9.9
Use theri data, shown in the table to find a conversion factor between yards and meters This question is from textbook Discovering Algebra

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Their data is not needed.
A yard is 36 inches.
A meter is 100 cm, and an inch is 2.54 cm.
So, a yard is 36*2.54 cm, or 36*0.0254 meters,
1 yd = 0.9144 meters
1 meter = 1.0936 yards