The official length for a marathon race is 26.2 miles. How many yards long is a marathon? How many feet?

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Oct 28, 2016

138,336 feet
46,112 yards

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Explanation:

So, first of all, we are told that a marathon race is 26.2 miles. We are asked to give the equal length in yards and feet.

It is really helpful to remember a few conversion factors:

1) 1 mile=5,280 feet
2) 1 miles=1,760 yards

So let's start with converting miles to feet...
Since each mile equals 5,280 feet, let's multiply 26.2 by 5,280, which equals to 138,336 feet.

Great! Now let's convert from miles to yards.
Since each mile equals 1,760 yards, let's multiply 26.2 by 1,760, which equals to 46,112 yards.

Hope this helps!

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