A watermelon is shot out of an air cannon and travels 22 yards. How many feet does the watermelon travel?

Which conversion factor could you use to answer the question?

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To convert yards to feet, you can use the conversion factor that 1 yard is equal to 3 feet.

To find out how many feet the watermelon travels, you can multiply the number of yards (22 yards) by the conversion factor (3 feet per yard):

\[ 22 \text{ yards} \times 3 \text{ feet/yard} = 66 \text{ feet} \]

So the watermelon travels 66 feet.

The correct conversion factor to use is:

1 yard = 3 feet (This is the necessary conversion factor from the options you've mentioned, though the images are not available to identify them).