588.59 cm = 231.6 inches
To put this into perspective:
– One inch is roughly the width of a standard id card (2.13 inches)
– One foot is equivalent to 12 inches (12 feet = 144 inches)
– The height of an NBA basketball hoop is 10 feet, or 120 inches
– A yardstick is 36 inches long, or about 1/3 the length of 588.59 cm
– The average human arm span is roughly equal to a person’s height, so 588.59 cm is about 7/8 the length of an average person’s arm span