85 yards in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 85 yards to meters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{yd}=0.9144\mathrm{m}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of meters.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 85 ⁢ yd = 77.724 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.012866038803973 times 85 yards.

It can also be expressed as: 85 yards is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.012866038803973}}$ meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eighty-five yards is about seventy-seven point seven one meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero point zero one times eighty-five yards.