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An adult has a total of about 22.3 square feet (ft2) of skin. Use the fact that 1 m is approximately equal to 3.281 feet to convert this measurement to square meters (m2).

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Step-by-step explanation:

1 meter ≈ 3.281 ft.

so,

1 m² = 1m×1m ≈ 3.281 × 3.281 = 10.764961 ft²

now we have 22.3 ft² of skin.

that would be then

22.3/10.764961 = 2.071535605 ≈ 2.1 m² or even more rounded ≈ 2 m²

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