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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

200 yards. A meter is 0.914 yards. So it's basically 200 meters, minus a few.

Or 1028 bananas, if that's more to your liking.

If you're converting from meters to yards then it's easier the other way. A yard is 1.094 meters.

Edited for accuracy.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where are you getting 40cm bananas?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The math assumes only 7" long bananas (17.78cm).

Feet in a football field x inches in a foot / 7" banana

300x12=3600

3600/7=514.285

Edit: whoops! I was supposed to give the number of bananas in TWO football fields. I just noticed a bunch of other mistakes in the original comment as well. I'm not qualified to say things before I finish my morning coffee.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought a field was a measure of area, not length. But what do I know...

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here in the States it's almost always used as a unit of length.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Y'all are weirder than I thought.