42 inches in feet

Result

The conversion result is: 42 inches is equivalent to 3.5 feet.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 inches to feet?

We know (by definition) that: 1 in ≈ 0.083333333 ft.

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

1 in / 42 in ≈ 0.083333333 ft / x ft

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

x ft ≈ (42 in / 1 in) * 0.083333333 ft → x ft ≈ 3.4999999859999997 ft

Conclusion:

42 in ≈ 3.4999999859999997 ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 0.285714285714286 times 42 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 42 inches is equal to 1 / 0.285714285714286 feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two inches is about zero feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero point two eight times forty-two inches.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.