How long is 7/10 of a mile, in feet?

1 Answer
Apr 3, 2016

3696 feet

Explanation:

Each mile has 8 furlongs. Each furlong has 220 yards and each yard has 3 feet.

Therefore each mile has 8xx220xx3=5280 feet and 7/10 mile will have

5280xx7/10

= 528cancel(5280)xx7/(1cancel(10))=3696 feet.