Question

What simplified ratio correctly compares 10,000 centimeters to 1000 meters?

Answer 1

10:1

Explanation: Divide 1000 meters by 1000 to decrease it to 1 so 10000 divided by 1000 is 10.

Answer 2

ANSWER


`1: 10`


Step-by-step explanation

We want to simplify, the ratio 10,000 centimeters to 1000 meters.


Thus,


`10,000cm:1000m`

We need to convert to the same unit and simplify.

Recall that,


`100cm = 1m`

So the above ratio can be rewritten as,



`100m:1000m`

Or


`10,000cm:100,000cm`

We simplify now to get,



`1:10`