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If 3 centimeters is equal to 30 millimeters, how many centimeters are in 140 millimeters?

Answer 1

Eva Abramson

#14" cm"#

The following #color(blue)"conversion"# is used to convert mm (millimetres) to cm (centimetres) or vice-versa.

#color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(1" cm" = 10" mm")color(white)(2/2)|)))#

That is to calculate the number of cm for a given number of mm, #color(blue)"divide by 10"#

#rArr(140"mm")/10=14"cm"#

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Answer 2

Julia Adams

140 millimeters is equal to 14 centimeters.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.