Question

Express as meters using decimals:

9 m 7 cm

Answer 1

We know that 100 cm = 1 m
$\Rightarrow 1cm=\frac{1}{100}m$
∴1 cm = 1100 m\therefore 1~cm~=~\frac{1}{100}~mSo, $9m7cm=9m+7cm=9m+1cm\times 7=9m+\frac{1}{100}m\times 7=9m+0.07m=9.07m$