85 feet in yards

Conversion formula
How to convert 85 feet to yards?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{ft}\approx 0.33333333\mathrm{yd}$

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

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

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 $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0352941176470588}}$ 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.