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Explain why 17 tens. and 1 hundred 7 tens have the same value

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because 1 hundred and 7 tens equal 170
and 17x10 equals 170
User Magcus
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we know that


1\ tens=10 \\1\ hundred=100

so

1) the expression
17\ tens is equal in numbers to


17\ tens=17*10=170

2) the expression
1\ hundred\ 7\ tens is equal in numbers to


1\ hundred\ 7\ tens=1*100+7*10=100+70=170

therefore


17\ tens and
1\ hundred\ 7\ tens have the same value

User Andrei Pozolotin
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