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If you do not have this convenient conversion table you can easily convert between the two systems as long as you know how.
Example:
You want to know how many meters are in 8 feet. You only need to remember one equation (2.54 centimeters (cm) equals 1 inch). From there you can make a equation based on the conversions you know. You will cross from the Customary System to the Metric System only from inches to centimeters.
feet --> inches --> centimeters --> meters
Next you will make equal fractions based on the rules you already know.
| 1 foot | 1 inch | 1 meter |
| 12 inches | 2.54 cm | 100 cm |
Now you can multiply to determine your answer.
| 8 feet | x | 12 inches | x | 2.54 cm | x | 1 meter | = | 8 x 12 x 2.54 | meters |
| 1 | 1 foot | 1 inch | 100cm | 100 |
Some of the fractions were turned upside down so
that you could cancel out the feet, inches, and centimeters. Next just multiply then
divide.
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