SOLUTION: use 2 unit multipliers to convert 1500 centimeters to feet

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Question 340068: use 2 unit multipliers to convert 1500 centimeters to feet

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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We start by putting it over 1:

1500cm%2F1

Now we use the fact that 2.54cm = 1in, and make a unit multiplier
with "cm" on the bottom to cancel out the "cm" in the top, and multiply
by it:

1500cm%2F1%22%D7%221in%2F2.54cm

Cancelling the "cm",

1500cross%28cm%29%2F1%22%D7%221in%2F2.54cross%28cm%29

Next we use the fact that 12in = 1ft, and make a unit multiplier
with "in" on the bottom to cancel out the "in" in the top, and multiply
by it:

1500cross%28cm%29%2F1%22%D7%221in%2F2.54cross%28cm%29%22%D7%221ft%2F%2812in%29

Cancelling the "in",

1500cross%28cm%29%2F1%22%D7%221cross%28in%29%2F2.54cross%28cm%29%22%D7%221ft%2F%2812cross%28in%29%29

So all that's left is

%281500%2A1%2A1ft%29%2F%281%2A2.54%2A12%29


or

expr%281500%2F%282.54%2A12%29%29ft

or

49.21259843 ft

Edwin