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A plastic liner for a landfill is 50 millimeters thick. How many meters is this equal to?

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1000 milimeters ---> 1 meters

50 milimeters ------> x


\begin{gathered} 1000x=1*50 \\ 1000x=50 \\ (1000x)/(1000)=(50)/(1000) \\ x=0.05 \end{gathered}

answer: 0.05 meters

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