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Actually, the size of a mile and the size of the yard already existed. Someone - no way to tell who - changed yards to feet (3 feet = yard) and divided that number into the number of feet in a mile. (5,280)

So, 5,280 divided by 3 = 1,760 yards in a mile. (Not 160)

All that was used was simple arithmetic.

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