Question 213757: you now know that there are 1,609 meters in a mile.The number of feet in a mile is 5,280 feet.Use the qualities to answer the following problems.
a.How many centimeters quals one inch?
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! you now know that there are 1,609 meters in a mile.The number of feet in a mile is 5,280 feet.Use the qualities to answer the following problems.
a.How many centimeters quals one inch?
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Using those numbers:
1609 meters = 5280 ft
160900 cm = 63360 inches
1 inch = 160900/63360 cm
i inch = 2.539457... cm
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But, by convention and agreement, 1 inch = 2.54 cm exactly.
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