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-- card: 42423 from stack: in
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 44309
-- name: Metric Conversion 3
-- part contents for background part 8
----- text -----
Metric Conversion 3
-- part contents for background part 9
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One kilometer is equal to 0.6214 miles. Writing this another way,
1 km = 0.6214 mi
To solve the question, a ratio can be set up like this:
1 km 200 km
_________ = _________
0.6214 mi x mi
Cross multiply to solve for x:
x = (200)(0.6214)
x = 124.28 miles
200 kilometers = 124.28 miles
-- part contents for background part 2
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Convert the following:
200 kilometers = ? miles
-- part contents for background part 10
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Checking the Metric Equivalents section in the Chem 101 stack tells us that 1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles.