SOLUTION: There are over 2000 species of brittle stars. They live anywhere from the shoreline to 6755 feet underwater. How many miles is this distance?

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Question 107238: There are over 2000 species of brittle stars. They live anywhere from the shoreline to 6755 feet underwater. How many miles is this distance?
Answer by Joeshie(9) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well to know this you need to know how many feet are in a mile.
Feet in a mile = 5280 feet
This means that you would put the distance over the unit which would be miles which is converted to 5280 feet.
So: 6755%2F5280
This approximately equals 1.2793560606061, which would be about 1.27