42 yards in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 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: 42 ⁢ yd = 38.4048 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0260384118651835 times 42 yards.

It can also be expressed as: 42 yards is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0260384118651835}}$ meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two yards is about thirty-eight point three nine meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero point zero three times forty-two yards.