A paper has an area of
572 square centimeters. What is the paper's area in square inches? Use the following conversion:
1 square inch is 6.5 square centimeters.
Please help
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Could you please explain on how you got the answer 88?
Mason's answer is right.
There are two numbers in this problem. Do you think he
added?
subtracted?
multiplied?
divided?
There are two numbers in this problem. Do you think he
added?
subtracted?
multiplied?
divided?
I divided 572 by 6.5 and got 88
Easy. If a paper is 572 square centimeters, you would divided by 6.5 (Because you used this formula: 1 square inch is 6.5 square centimeters) you would get 88 square centimeters.
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