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How do you convert 75 mm to centimeters?

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Sep 9, 2016

Simply by dividing 10.

Explanation:

#"milli"=10^-3#, #"centi"=10^-2#

#1# #mm# #=# #1xx10^-3m#.

#1# #cm# #=# #1xx10^-2m#.

#(1*cm)/(1*mm)# #=# #(1xx10^-2m)/(1xx10^-3m)# #=# #10#

Thus #75*mm# #=# #7.5*cm#.

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