SOLUTION: This is the problem: Use unit multipliers to convert 16,000 inches to miles. I am stumped!

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Question 57916: This is the problem: Use unit multipliers to convert 16,000 inches to miles. I am stumped!
Found 2 solutions by funmath, checkley71:
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is the problem: Use unit multipliers to convert 16,000 inches to miles.
We may not know how many inches are in a mile, but we know that there are 12 in in 1 ft. Therefore %281ft%29%2F%2812in%29=1.
We also should know that there is 5280 ft in 1 mi. Therefore %281mi%29%2F%285280ft%29=1
%28%2816000in%29%2F1%29%2A%28%281ft%29%2F%2812in%29%29%2A%28%281mi%29%2F%285280ft%29%29

16000%2A1%2A1mi%2F%281%2A12%2A5280%29
%2825%2F99%29mi
16,000 in.= .2525...mi
Happy Calculating!!!

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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1600 inches=1600/12=133 feet 4 inches or 133.333 feet
133.33 feet=133.333/5280=.0252525 miles