The world record for a jump by a frog is 19 feet 3 1/8 inches.How much farther would a frog need to jump to set a new world record of 7 yards?
7 yds = 21 ft = 20 ft 12 in.
subtract 19 ft 3 1/8 in
leaves 1 ft 8 5/8 in
1Ft 8 5/8 in
To determine how much farther a frog would need to jump to set a new world record of 7 yards, we need to convert the given record distance of 19 feet 3 1/8 inches into yards.
First, let's convert the inches into feet. Since there are 12 inches in a foot, we divide 1/8 inch by 12 to convert it into feet:
1/8 inch ÷ 12 = 0.0104167 feet (rounded to seven decimal places)
Next, we add the converted fraction to the whole number of feet:
3 feet + 0.0104167 feet = 3.0104167 feet
Now, we can convert the total feet into yards, knowing that there are 3 feet in a yard:
3.0104167 feet ÷ 3 = 1.0034722 yards (rounded to seven decimal places)
Therefore, the current world record jump distance for a frog is approximately 1.0034722 yards.
To find out how much farther the frog would need to jump to set a new world record of 7 yards, we subtract the current record from the desired record:
7 yards - 1.0034722 yards = 5.9965278 yards (rounded to seven decimal places)
Hence, a frog would need to jump approximately 5.9965278 yards farther to set a new world record of 7 yards.