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A rope is 250 centimeters long. You need the rope to be 1 1/2

meters long. How many centimeters should you cut off?

User Seenu S
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250 centimeters converts to 2.5 meters.
Knowing this, we can subtract 1.5 from 2.5.
Cut 100 centimeters to make the rope 1.5 meters long.
User Dan Milon
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