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OpenStudy (secret-ninja):

Convert 21 inches to appropriate metric units. Explain your work.

OpenStudy (apoorvk):

Any idea about conversion factors? Like - how many inches to a centimeter?

OpenStudy (secret-ninja):

idk...

OpenStudy (paki):

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters so then 21 in = 53.34cm

OpenStudy (paki):

you can also convert inch to other units too... like meters, kilometers, feets etc

OpenStudy (secret-ninja):

can you explain the process in word form

OpenStudy (secret-ninja):

hello?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well it depends what you would convert it to. If in reality, 21 inch was the height of a fence, then you might do it to cm, making it 53.34cm. But if it was something insignificant that you did not need to know the exact number, then you may do it to metres, making it 0.5334 metres.

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