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prealgebra senior

Problem

For a designer suit, Daniel must specify his waist size in centimeters. If there are inches in a foot and centimeters in a foot, then what size should Daniel specify, in centimeters, if his waist size in inches is inches? (You may use a calculator on this problem; answer to the nearest tenth.)
Solution
We use the conversion factors and to find that Daniel's waist size in centimeters is centimeters.
Final answer
86.4