Expert: Josh - 10/18/2004

Question
HELLO   I NEED TO KNOW  THE HEIGHT OF AN OBJECT THAT IS 110 CMS HIGH. I AM AN ADULT, THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL PRODJECT. I JUST DO NOT KNOW CONVERSIONS.  

Answer
Hi Penny,

THE ANSWER:
110 centimeters is approximately equal to 43.3 inches or
3 feet 7.3 inches in length.

HOW TO DO CONVERSION:
Conversion is not all that difficult to do, if you look carefully at the units involved. Clearly differentiating which unit you want to retain, which unit you want to eliminate. We'll look at an example.

Fact: 1 inch = 2.54 cm. You can look this up at
http://convert.french-property.co.uk/

Next step:
Express this ratio as 2.54 cm per inch.

To go from cm (the unit we want to eliminate) to inches (the unit we want to keep), observe the following.
               110 [cm]
X inches = ----------------
          (2.54) [cm/inch]
[In case the fraction doesn't line up, it is meant to say]
               
X inches = 110 [cm] / (2.54) [cm/inch]
        = (110/2.54) [cm]*[inch/cm]
        ....now the common unit "cm" cancels out,
        ....which leaves you with inches
        = 43.307086... inches
So, the 110 cm is equivalent to 43.3 inches.

If you need to perform any other type of conversion, visit the website http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Cheers.