How many meters in a mile?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-30T00:38:04

Exactly $1609.344$ $1609.344$

There are exactly:

$2.54$ $2.54$ cm in $1$ $1$ inch

$12$ $12$ inches in $1$ $1$ foot

$3$ $3$ feet in $1$ $1$ yard

$1760$ $1760$ yards in $1$ $1$ mile

Hence there are:

$2.54 \cdot 12 \cdot 3 \cdot 1760 = 160934.4$ $2.54 * 12 * 3 * 1760 = 160934.4$ cm in $1$ $1$ mile

There are exactly $100$ $100$ cm in $1$ $1$ meter

Therefore

$\frac{160934.4}{100} = 1609.344$ $160934.4/100 = 1609.344$ meters in $1$ $1$ mile.