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Chetan wants to make a necklace with 50 beads. He knows that 12 beads take up 5 inches of string but the store only sells string by the centimeter. How many centimeters should he buy? Explain

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53 cm

Explanation:

User Tomas Pruzina
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1 inch = 2.54 cm
12 beads = 5 inches
50 beads = 20.833 inches
20.833 inches = 52.92 cm

about 53 cm needed for 50 beads
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