Jurgis is creating a banner for the front the stage where his sister plans to give a campaign speech.  He measures the width of the stage to be 3.81 meters long, which is 381 centimeters.  However, the measuring stick available near the butcher paper at the store only shows feet and inches.  If every inch is 2.54 centimeters long, how many inches long is the stage?

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Jurgis is creating a banner for the front the stage where his sister plans to give a campaign speech.  He measures the width of the stage to be 3.81 meters long, which is 381 centimeters.  However, the measuring stick available near the butcher paper at the store only shows feet and inches.  If every inch is 2.54 centimeters long, how many inches long is the stage? 

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