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  • 25-09-2018
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When using the metric system, converting from meters to decimeter or to centimeters is always a multiple of what?

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Metric prefixes are related by a power of ten.

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deci- means 1/10 = 10⁻¹ . . . . . . . 1 m = 10 dm

centi- means 1/100 = 10⁻² . . . . . 1 m = 100 cm

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