Question

1 yard =3 feet1 meter= 100 cmNicholas walked 20 yards to get his mail. About how many meters did he walk?

Answer 1

Given:

1 yard = 3 feet

1 meter = 100 cm

Nicholas walked 20 yards to get his mail.

Here, we are required to convert 20 yards to meters.

Where,

1 yard = 0.9144 meter

20 yards = x meters

thus, we have:

$20\text{ }\times0.9144\text{ = 18.29 meters}$

Therefore, Nicholas walked 18.29 meters to get to his mail.

ANSWER:

18.29 meters