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To decorate for a party, Simon needs 1,850 centimeters of colorful streamers. If the ratio of meters to centimeters is 1 : 100, how many meters of streamers does he require?

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The simple answer is 18.5m
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Answer:18.5m

1m=100cm

Let lenght of streamers in meters be x

Then(1/100)=(x/1850)

(1850/100)=x

18.5m=x

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