Question

William has a piece of wire that measures 1 yard longhorn will use the wire to fix several electrical outlets in his house? How many inches long is the wire?

Answer 1

`Wire\ length = 36\ in`

Explanation:

Given

`Wire\ length = 1\ yard`

Required

The wire length in inches

The question requires that we convert from yard to inches.

To do this, we simply convert yard to inches by multiplying the wire length by 36.

So, we have:

`Wire\ length = 1\ in * 36`

`Wire\ length = 36\ in`