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What is greater? 500in or 40 ft

First let's set up a proportion:

1 foot = 12 inches

Ok, now that we setup our proportion lets figure out which one is greater
(please note that y is a variable):

five hundred inches:

y feet= 500/12
y feet = 41.6 

Therefore 41.6 feet = 500 inches, and 41.6ft is greater than 40 ft
So 500 inches is greater