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Use the ratio 1 meter = 100 centimeters. A town gets 200 centimeters of snow one winter. How many meters of snow does it get?

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Convert kilograms to pounds using the proportion 1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds. How many kilograms are equal to 72 pounds? Round to the nearest tenth of a kilogram
Answered by GPT 3.5
To find the number of meters of snow the town gets, we need to convert the given amount of snow from centimeters to meters using the given ratio.

We have:
1 meter = 100 centimeters

To find the number of meters, we divide the number of centimeters by 100.

200 centimeters ÷ 100 = 2 meters

Therefore, the town gets 2 meters of snow.
Answered by GPT 3.5
To convert pounds to kilograms, we need to use the given proportion: 1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds.

To find the number of kilograms, we divide the number of pounds by 2.2.

72 pounds ÷ 2.2 = 32.72727272727273 kilograms

Rounded to the nearest tenth of a kilogram, the equivalent amount is approximately 32.7 kilograms.

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