Question

Explain how you decide wether to multiply or divide by 3 if you need to convert yards to feet.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Converting yards to feet means that we want the label of yards to cancel, leaving feet as our label. Use the factor-label method taught in chemistry.

$???yds *\frac{3feet}{1yd}$

The yards label cancels out, leaving feet as our label.  So to answer the question, in order to convert from yards to feet you are multiplying by 3.