Practice creating a conversion factor.

Question

A 2-column table with 3 rows titled Units of Length. Column 1 is labeled Customary System Units with entries 1 inch, 1 foot, 1 mile. Column 2 is labeled Metric System Units with entries 2.54 centimeters, 0.3048 meters, 1.61 kilometers.

Which conversion factor would you use to convert from meters to feet?
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Answer 1

To convert from meters to feet, you would first need to identify the relationship between meters and feet through a known conversion factor. Based on the information provided in your table, we know that:

• \(1 \text{ foot} = 0.3048 \text{ meters}\)

To get a conversion factor from meters to feet, you can take the reciprocal of this relationship:

\[ \text{Conversion Factor} = \frac{1 \text{ foot}}{0.3048 \text{ meters}} \]

Therefore, the conversion factor used to convert from meters to feet is:

\[ \frac{1 \text{ foot}}{0.3048 \text{ meters}} \]

Make sure you use this conversion factor properly in calculations to convert measurements given in meters into feet.