The distances that you travel do not change when you apply different measurement units to them, but the perception of those distances can. A mile is generally thought to be a longer haul, one in which people would rather travel by vehicle and not by foot due to the time and energy required. When you convert a distance measurement into different units, the effect can be that the distance, while even though it grows numerically, can seem perceptually shorter. For your next half-mile trek, you can convert it into feet to make it seem more manageable.
Instructions
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Write the half of a mile as 0.5 miles, which is the decimal representation of 1/2.
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Obtain the conversion factor from miles to feet, which is 5,280 feet.
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Multiply 5,280 by 0.5 to calculate half of a mile in feet, which is 2,620 feet.