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sportsstar469
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LMAO i think i got confused because you said inches first. in reality i should be STARTING with miles. miles is my known and I am LOOKING for inches. wow i really do not have any common sense its pretty scary. but i do understand now. 63360 inches.symbolipoint said:sportsstar469,
Other important guidance thrill3rnit3 gave you. You must arrange the ratios properly so that you can cancel units.
At least you recognize that your result was wrong, and you seemed to identify the correct ratios to use. Continue those exercises, since you may find the correct arrangments and correct results.
Look at what you start with; decide what kind of result you want.
For the one mile to how many inches, you know you are starting with ONE MILE, and you want a result of INCHES.
Forget about the significant figures for just now. Focus on the use of ratios to make the units conversions.
yeah i did realize my answer made no snse. because obviously there had to be 5280 times 12 inches in one mile. (there's 5280 feet in one mile and 12 inches in a foot) i knew that before doing the problem but i wanted to make sure icould do it properly..which i guess i couldn't!
a lot of the problems on the quiz will be ahrder though. like density problems, and like problems where you are going from like meter/second to miles per hour