Question

a tortoise travels 15 meters (m) west, then another 13 centimeters (cm) west. how many meters total has she walked?

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a tortoise, bernard, starting at point a travels 12 m west and then 150 millimeters (mm) east. how far west of point a is bernard after completing these two motions?

Explanation:

Step1: Convert centimeters to meters

Since \(1\ m = 100\ cm\), then \(13\ cm=\frac{13}{100}m = 0.13m\)

Step2: Calculate the total distance

The total distance \(d\) is the sum of the two - part distances. The tortoise travels \(15m\) west and \(0.13m\) west. So \(d=15 + 0.13\)

Answer:

\(15.13m\)