SOLUTION: please help me with this word problem: What is the minimum length and width in meters of a box that can contain an object 56 cm wide and 843 mm long?

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Question 461799: please help me with this word problem: What is the minimum length and width in meters of a box that can contain an object 56 cm wide and 843 mm long?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Convert both measurements to meters. Move the decimal point two places left to change centimeters to meters. Move the decimal point three places left to change millimeters to meters.


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