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Use unit multipliers to convert:
481 centimeters
to meters

User Zheng Qsin
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Answer:

4.81 meters

Explanation:

1 m = 100 cm

where m = meters

cm = centimeters

481 centimeters need to be converted:

= 481 cm ×
((1 m)/(100 cm))

The cm in the numerator and denominator will completely cancel each other out:

=
(481)/(100) m

= 4.81 meters

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