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A stack of 150 peices of Paper is 2.5 cm thick. How many peices of paper are in a pile that is 6.5 cm thick?

User Prostagma
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Answer:

150x6.5

=975 cm

Explanation:

To verify the answer

975÷6.5

=150

User Andrea Turri
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Find the scale factor of the height:

6.5cm / 2.5cm = 2.6

Multiply the known pages by the scale factor:

150 x 2.6 = 390 pieces of paper.
User Ehosca
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