Use the ratio 1 foot = 30.48 centimeters. Jeff is 183 centimeters tall. How many feet tall is he? Round to the nearest whole number.
To find out how many feet tall Jeff is, we need to divide his height in centimeters by the conversion factor from centimeters to feet.
183 cm / 30.48 cm/ft = 6 ft (rounded to the nearest whole number)
Therefore, Jeff is approximately 6 feet tall.
To find out how many feet tall Jeff is, we need to convert his height from centimeters to feet using the given ratio.
The ratio tells us that 1 foot is equal to 30.48 centimeters.
To convert Jeff's height of 183 centimeters to feet, we can set up a proportion:
1 foot / 30.48 centimeters = X feet / 183 centimeters
Cross-multiplying, we get:
30.48 centimeters * X feet = 1 foot * 183 centimeters
Simplifying, we have:
30.48X = 183
Dividing both sides of the equation by 30.48, we get:
X = 183 / 30.48
Calculating the result, we find:
X ≈ 6
So, Jeff is approximately 6 feet tall.
To find out how many feet tall Jeff is, we can use the given ratio of 1 foot = 30.48 centimeters.
Let's divide Jeff's height in centimeters (183) by the conversion factor of 30.48:
183 cm / 30.48 cm/ft
Simplifying this expression gives us:
6 ft
Therefore, Jeff is approximately 6 feet tall when rounded to the nearest whole number.