How do you convert 5,400 inches to miles?

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Alan P.
Sep 7, 2015

Use standard conversion ratios:
12" inches" = 1 " foot"color(white)("XXX")5280 " feet" = 1 " mile"
and a calculator to get 5400 " inches" = 0.085227 " miles"

Explanation:

5400 " inches"
color(white)("XXXX")= 5400 cancel(" inches")xx(1 cancel(" foot"))/(12 cancel(" inches"))xx(1 " mile")/(5280 cancel(" feet"))

color(white)("XXXX")= 5400/(12xx5280) " miles"

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