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5. International foot vs US survey foot (20 pts) 1) The Civil Engineering building on the Purdue ...
5. International foot vs US survey foot (20 pts) 1) The Civil Engineering building on the Purdue campus is measured under one coordinate system as \( 771,987.238 \) meters Easting and 2,214,992.756 meters Northing. Express the
coordinates respectively with the international foot and US survey foot. Keep 11 significant figures using common rounding-off rules. 2) The length of the runway of Purdue airport is measured as \( 9979.18 \) feet. What would it be in the US survey feet? How about if the runway of the Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport is \( 54,501.33 \) feet? 3) Present the results for 1) and 2) scenarios and discuss what you would conclude. 4) Find out the possible fate of the US survey foot after 2022 (max 50 words).