Question

A plastic liner for a landfill is 50 millimeters thick. How many meters is this equal to?

Answer 1

1000 milimeters ---> 1 meters

50 milimeters ------> x

`\begin{gathered} 1000x=1*50 \\ 1000x=50 \\ (1000x)/(1000)=(50)/(1000) \\ x=0.05 \end{gathered}`

answer: 0.05 meters