Question

Marco is 6 feet 3 inches tall. There are 2.54 centimeters in 1 inch. What is Marcos height in centimeters?

Answer 1

190.5 centimeters tall.

Answer 2

First, let's convert 6 feet 3 inches to just inches. Because there are 12 inches in 1 foot, we can say that there are 72 inches in 6 feet. Combined with the other 3 inches, we can say that Marco is a 75 inches tall. This is represented as:

$6 \, \textrm{feet} + 3 \, \textrm{inches} = (6 \,\textrm{feet}) \Big ( \dfrac{12 \,\textrm{inches}}{1 \,\textrm{foot}} \Big) + 3 \,\textrm{inches} = 75 \,\textrm{inches}$

Now, we can multiply the number of inches we found by 2.54 to get Marco's height in centimeters. This gives us 190.5 cm. This is represented as:

$75 \,\textrm{inches} \cdot \dfrac{2.54 \,\textrm{cm}}{1 \,\textrm{inch}} = \boxed{190.5 \,\textrm{cm}}$