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1. Intro to General Chemistry
SI Units
Multiple Choice
How many centimeters are in one thousandth of a meter?
A
1 cm
B
0.1 cm
C
0.01 cm
D
10 cm
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Recall the relationship between meters and centimeters: 1 meter (m) equals 100 centimeters (cm). This can be written as \(1\, \text{m} = 100\, \text{cm}\).
Identify the quantity you want to convert: one thousandth of a meter, which is \(\frac{1}{1000}\) meter or \(0.001\, \text{m}\).
Set up the conversion by multiplying the given length in meters by the conversion factor from meters to centimeters: \(0.001\, \text{m} \times \frac{100\, \text{cm}}{1\, \text{m}}\).
Perform the multiplication of the numerical values (without calculating the final number) to get the length in centimeters: \(0.001 \times 100\) cm.
Interpret the result as the number of centimeters in one thousandth of a meter, which will be a decimal value less than 1 cm.
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