Question

A marathon is about 26 miles. How many kilometres are equal to 26 miles?

Answer 1

Hint: In this problem, we have given that a marathon is about 26 miles long and we have to find how many kilometres are equal to 26 miles. We should know some unit conversions to solve these types of problems. In this problem, we know that a mile is equal to 1.61 kilometres. Here we have to find the kilometres for 26 miles, so we have to multiply the number 26 with 1.16 as 1 mile is equal to 1.61 kilometres, to get the value of kilometres.

Complete step by step answer:
We know that a marathon is about 26 miles long and we have to find how many kilometres are equal to 26 miles.
we also know that we have to convert the measurement unit from miles to kilometres.
We can use a unit conversion.
We know that, 1 mile = 1.16 kilometres.
We know that a mile is equal to 1.61 kilometres. Here we have to find the kilometres for 26 miles, so we have to multiply the number 26.
\[\Rightarrow 26\times 1.16=41.84\] Kilometres.
Therefore, the 26 miles is equal to 41.84 kilometres.

Note:
Students may get confused while using the unit conversions, which should be multiplied or divided, to solve these types of problems, we should know some unit conversions to solve these types of problems. A mile is equal to 1.61 kilometres, this is the unit conversion from miles to kilometres used in this problem.