A yard is three feet. A metre is just a smidge under 3.3 feet.

3.3 is good enough for fag packet calcs. 3.28 for pureists.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on March 3rd 2015 at 09:16:18

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80.5mph (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 07:01:21
- i reckon 81.658mph (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Mar 3, 11:44:57
- C+ Should be all your own work. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:02:56
- Looked further out than 15m to me (NCFC) - duke of york, Mar 3, 08:58:03
  - a metre is longer than a yard though (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 3, 09:05:01
    - and of course it's 18 yards not 16 yards (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 3, 09:05:37
  - 18 yard box, is a yard smaller than a metre? (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 3, 09:03:45
    - A yard is three feet. A metre is just a smidge under 3.3 feet. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 09:16:18
    - 1 yard = 0.9144 metres (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 3, 09:07:02
      - depends on the size of your yard... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:33:45
      - All I know is he flipping clumped it! (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 3, 09:10:30
        
        hardest shot ever (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 3, 09:17:28
        
        There is nothing like it is there? the sheer joy of seeing (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 3, 09:20:34
        
        beyond epic, my first carra derby with my son (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 3, 09:26:56
        
        It was my sons first ever EA Derby as well, he loved it. (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 3, 09:37:48
        
        I always imagine there's a billionth of a second... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:36:19
- 35.98730385801779 m/s (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 3, 08:42:55
- I got 81.6 mph (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Mar 3, 08:35:09
  - C- You're just guessing (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:03:26
    - My workings (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Mar 3, 09:21:14
      - B+ (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:32:26
        
        Pleased with that (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Mar 3, 09:33:59
- 9 (n/m) (NCFC) - Hertz van Rental, Mar 3, 08:30:08
- i got the same result using different methodology (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Mar 3, 07:36:11
  - B+ (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:01:48
- Average speed - taking into account aero drag it would have been travelling at 527.3 mph (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 3, 07:19:46
  - C- please show workings next time (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 3, 09:02:27

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