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Please help! This is really confusing.

Please help! This is really confusing.-example-1

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3 minutes=39 meters
2 minutes= x meters

3minutes 2minutes
_________ = ________
39meters x meters

Cross multiply
3x=78
divide both sides by 3
x=26


1m=1000mm
So 26*1000=26000mm

Answer=26000mm



User Marcob
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39 meters in 3 minutes means 13 meters each minute and 26 meters in two minutes. Multiply by 1,000 to convert it into 26000 millimeters.
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