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Edin_Dzeko
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Homework Statement
How many centimeters are there in 3.25 miles?
Homework Equations
So basically, convert 3.25 mi to cm.
The Attempt at a Solution
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The teacher put the answer for this problem as 5.16 x 10^5 The teacher used:
(1609 m/1 mile)(100 cm/ 1 m) as her conversion factor. Why / how is mine wrong? I used the metric prefixes system to get my conversion factor numbers.
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