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I need help cancelling units. please help

I need help cancelling units. please help-example-1
User Ana Paula
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Hello and Good Morning/Afternoon:

Let's take this problem step by step:

Let's write out the equation we would hypothetically use to convert 410 kilometers to meters:


410 kilometers * (1000 meters)/(1 kilometers)

Let's see if there are any errors:

  • there are 1000 meters in 1 kilometer
  • when converting kilometer --> meter

⇒ we want to get rid of the kilometer symbol

⇒ which is done in this problem


410 kilometers * (1000 meters)/(1 kilometers)=(410 kilometers)/(1 kilometers)*1000 meters = 410000meters

Thus the answer is true

Answer: True

Hope that helps!

User Josh Adell
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