Suppose the lead actor in a play is 5 feet, 9 inches tall. Convert his height to meters. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth meter.

A).175 meters

B) 1.7 meters

C) 1.75 meters

D) 17.5 meters

Given that the lead actor is 5 feet 9 inches tall, converting this to meters we shall have:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

therefore 5 ft will be:

(5/1) * 0.3048

=1.524m

next:

1 in = 0.0254 m

therefore 9 inches will be:

(9/1) * 0.0254

=0.2286 m

hence; 5 ft 9 inches will be equivalent of:

(1.524+0.2286) m

=1.7526 m