a plumber needs to replace 20 feet of copper piping when he gets to the supplies store, The lengths are given in meters. How many meters of piping does he need to purchase?

Answer 1

To convert feet to meters, you can use the conversion factor: 1 foot is approximately 0.3048 meters.

To convert 20 feet to meters:

\[ 20 , \text{feet} \times 0.3048 , \text{meters/foot} = 6.096 , \text{meters} \]

Therefore, the plumber needs to purchase approximately 6.1 meters of copper piping.