Question

Please help! This is really confusing.

Answer 1

39 meters in 3 minutes means 13 meters each minute and 26 meters in two minutes. Multiply by 1,000 to convert it into 26000 millimeters.

Answer 2

3 minutes=39 meters
2 minutes= x meters

  3minutes      2minutes
_________ = ________
  39meters       x meters

Cross multiply
3x=78
divide both sides by 3
x=26


1m=1000mm
So 26*1000=26000mm

Answer=26000mm