Physics word problem

Question

What is your height in meters? Centimeters

My height is 5'2

Answer 1

If your height is 5' 2" you can convert the 5' to 5•12 or 60" and add in the 2" to get 62 inches

There are 2.54 cm in every inch. So (62 inches)•(2.54 cm/inch) = 157.48 cm. But, I would round to be more consistent to your original measurement and make it 160 cm

There are 100 cm in 1 meter so (160 cm)•(1 meter/100cm) = 1.6 meters

Answer 2

What is your height in meters? Centimeters? My height is 5'2

To do this problem, we must know two important conversion ratios:

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

100 centimeters = 1 meter

We must first convert your height of 5 foot 2 inches into all inches. Since 1 foot equals 12 inches:

5 foot 2 inches = (5*12) + 2 = 60 + 2 = 62 inches.

With your height in inches, we can do the conversion by multiplying 62 * 2.54 to get your height in centimeters of 157.48 centimeters.

Since 100 centimeters are found in 1 meter, we can divide the 157.48 by 100 to get your height in meters of 1.5748 meters.