Question

The official length for a marathon race is 26.2 miles. How many yards long is a marathon? How many feet?

Answer 1

`138,336` feet
`46,112` yards

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Explanation:

So, first of all, we are told that a marathon race is `26.2` miles. We are asked to give the equal length in yards and feet.

It is really helpful to remember a few conversion factors:

1) `1` mile=`5,280` feet
2) `1` miles=`1,760` yards

So let's start with converting miles to feet...
Since each mile equals `5,280` feet, let's multiply `26.2` by `5,280`, which equals to `138,336` feet.

Great! Now let's convert from miles to yards.
Since each mile equals `1,760` yards, let's multiply `26.2` by `1,760`, which equals to `46,112` yards.

Hope this helps!