## Venomblast 3 years ago what is the formula of converting. please give examples

1. Shane_B

Converting what?

2. Venomblast

length and distance

3. UnkleRhaukus

what units are you working with /

4. Venomblast

foot, inches, meter miles and yard

5. UnkleRhaukus

$1[\text{mi}]=1609.344[\text m]=1760[\text{yd}]=5280[\text{ft}]=63360[\text{in}]$

6. Venomblast

yea but what the formula. i will be tested for this. my profesor will give me one of the conversion and then the rest is up to me.

7. UnkleRhaukus

i have provided the formula ,

8. UnkleRhaukus

lets take an example , say you have 3 miles and you want to convert to inches using the formula $1[\text{mi}]=63360[\text{in}]$ $3\times1[\text{mi}]=3\times63360[\text{in}]$ $3[\text{mi}]=3\times63360[\text{in}]=190080[\text {in}]$

9. Shane_B

Taking Uncle's example of 3 miles to inches: $3\cancel{mi}*\frac{5280\cancel{ft}}{1\cancel{mi}}*\frac{12in}{1\cancel{ft}}=190080in$ That's a general method for performing just about any conversion...you just need to know up front how many feet at in a mi, inches in a foot, etc.

10. Venomblast

that so confusing

11. Shane_B

My post or Unkle's? What's confusing about it? If you learn the method above you can convert just about anything. It turns it into a simply multiplication and division problem in which the unneeded units simply cancel out. If all of that's confusing you then you're screwed for the test :/

12. Venomblast

converting is hard. i need to knwo an easy rule to remember