Question

Write and solve an equation to convert 0.38 m to centimeters

Answer 1

Hi Student!

In the problem statement we are given a number of 0.38 meters which it then tells us to write and solve an equation to convert that to centimeters. The first step would be to write an equation that would perfectly incapsulate what we are trying to do.

`x = meters\ *\ (100\ centimeters)/(1\ meter)`

This equation can now be used for any amount of meters where we can input the amount of meters that we have and that will cancel with the meters on the bottom while multiplying by 100 to which we then will receive our value of x in centimeters. Let's solve the equation using 0.38 meters.

Input the values

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  `x = meters\ *\ (100\ centimeters)/(1\ meter)`

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  `x = 0.38\ meters\ *\ (100\ centimeters)/(1\ meter)`

Cancel the meters

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  `x = (0.38\ meters\ *\ 100\ centimeters)/(1\ meter)`

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  `x = 0.38*100\ centimeters`

Simplify the expression

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  `x =38\ centimeters`

Therefore, our final answer is that 0.38 meters can be converted to centimeters which would then get 38 cm as the result.