If 3 centimeters is equal to 30 millimeters, how many centimeters are in 140 millimeters?

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Jim G.
Nov 4, 2016

#14" cm"#

Explanation:

The following #color(blue)"conversion"# is used to convert mm (millimetres) to cm (centimetres) or vice-versa.

#color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(1" cm" = 10" mm")color(white)(2/2)|)))#

That is to calculate the number of cm for a given number of mm, #color(blue)"divide by 10"#

#rArr(140"mm")/10=14"cm"#

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