Question 546972: 1250mm =?Km the answer is 0.00125 Km. what I want to know is how is the answer 0.00125Km. I got a different answer when I divided 1250 by 2000. I got 0.625. I know the steps. I went from mm to m to Km but at the end when it came to dividing 1250/(1000)(1000) I don't know how to come up with the right answer.
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1250mm =?Km the answer is 0.00125 Km. what I want to know is how is the answer 0.00125Km. I got a different answer when I divided 1250 by 2000. I got 0.625. I know the steps. I went from mm to m to Km but at the end when it came to dividing 1250/(1000)(1000)
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1250 mm = 1.25 meters
= 0.00125 km
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1250/(1000)(1000) This is correct, it's dividing by 1,000,000, not 2000
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