85 feet in yards

Result

The conversion result is: 85 feet is equivalent to 28.3333333333333 yards.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 85 feet to yards?

We know (by definition) that: 1 ft ≈ 0.33333333 yd.

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

1 ft / 85 ft ≈ 0.33333333 yd / x yd

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

x yd ≈ (85 ft / 1 ft) * 0.33333333 yd → x yd ≈ 28.33333305 yd

Conclusion:

85 ft ≈ 28.33333305 yd

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 yard is equal to 0.0352941176470588 times 85 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 85 feet is equal to 1 / 0.0352941176470588 yards.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eighty-five feet is about twenty-eight point three two yards, or alternatively, a yard is about zero point zero four times eighty-five feet.