The Rio Grande is the river between Texas and Mexico, but not everyone realizes that it begins in Colorado and flows through New Mexico. The river's total length is 3033000 m. How many kilometers is this?
1 Answer
Oct 29, 2016
This is why derikpittsburgh divide the numbers the way he did.
Explanation:
Kilo means 1000 so Kilometre means 1000 metres
So by using ratio we start with
But we have 3033000 metres so our ratio becomes:
Multiply both sides by
This is the same as:
But