Question

A surveyor measures the length of a surveying chain containing 1000 chain links. The length is 0.061km. What is the length of a single chain link in centimeters? Write your answer as a decimal.

Answer 1

The length of a single chain link in centimeters is 61cm

Fractions and ratios

Fractions are written as a ratio of two integers. Given the following information;

Total chain length = 1000chain

If the length of the chain is 0.061km, the length of each single chain link is expressed as:

Single chain = length of chain/1000

Single chain = 0.061km/1000

Single chain = 0.000061km

Convert to cm

0.000061km = 0.000061 * 10^6 cm

0.000061km = 61cm

Hence the length of a single chain link in centimeters is 61cm

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