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Chapter 1: Q. 31 (page 30)

Estimate the height of a telephone pole. Give your answer in both feet and meters. Briefly describe how you arrived at this estimate

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The average height of the telephone pole is12 meters or 36 feets

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01

Write the measurement unit of distance.

  • The quantity like the length, height, or distance is measured in the meters.
  • Meter is the SI unit of distance.
  • The units such as inch, feet, and mile are also used to measure the distance.
02

To estimate the height of a telephone pole

1 meter = 3 feet (approximately)

  • On average, the length of a car is12 meters
  • It can also be expressed in terms of feet
    Since, 1 m = 3 ft, thus;
    12 m = 12 (3 ft) = 36 ft
    Therefore, the length of the car is36feet

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