Question

Convert: 17 yards to meters (to the nearest tenth).

Answer 1

1 yard = 0.9144
17 yards = 17 * 0.9144
 = 15.5448 meters

Answer 2

1 yard is about 0.9 meters. So you can do the rule of three, and let x be the number of meters that represents 17 yards:

1y --> 0.9 m
17y --> x

x= 17*0.9
x=15.3

So 17 yards = 15.3 meters

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