Question

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

Short answer

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

Step-by-step solution

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.

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