Question

Rachel says that when she ran 115 yards she went farther than Beth who only ran 227 ft. Is Rachel correct? Remember that when you're equals 3 ft.

Answer 1

Rachel says that when she ran 115 yards she went farther than Beth who only ran 227 ft. Rachel is correct

Solution:

Given that , Rachel says that when she ran 115 yards she went farther than Beth who only ran 227 ft.  

We have to remember that when 1 yard equals 3 ft.

Yes, what Rachel said is correct, let us see how it became correct

In normal view, 115 < 227 but here units are different.

Remember that, for any comparison between two things, we have to take the things in same units.

Let us convert 115 yards to feet:

$\begin{array}{l}{115 \text { yards }=115 \times 1 \text { yard }} \\\\ {115 \text { yards }=115 \times 3 \text { feet }=345 \text { feet }}\end{array}$

Now, 345 feet > 227 feet

Which means, Distance covered by Rachel > Distance covered by Beth

Thus Rachel ran more than Beth. Hence, Rachel is correct.