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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?

A.
18,500 meters
B.
185 meters
C.
18.5 meters
D.
1.85 meters

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C because 1,850 divided by 100 is 18.50 but since zeros do not matter in decimals ( unless it is money ) we can removes the zero making it 18.5 meters
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