47 yards in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 47 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: 47 ⁢ yd = 42.9768 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0232683680497385 times 47 yards.

It can also be expressed as: 47 yards is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0232683680497385}}$ meters.

Approximation

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