At first I did 286 yds. ×0.914m/1yd=261m but that was incorrect so I tried 3 mil

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At first I did 286 yds. ×0.914m/1yd=261m but that was incorrect so I tried 3 miles×1760yd/1 mile= 5280 yd× 0.914m/286 yds=16.8m which is also incorrect. Did I read the question wrong or am I using the wrong conversions?

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1 mile =1609.34 meters so 3 miles = 3*1609.34 =4828.02 meters

and 1 yard = 0.9144 meters so 286 yards= 286*0.9144=261.518 meters

adding these 4828.02 +261.518 = 5089.538 meters

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