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Unit Conversion, SM-Bank 003

One side of an Australian 10-cent coin has an area of 437 square millimetres.

Using the conversion ratio, 1 cm² = 100 mm², express this area in square centimetres.  (1 mark)

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\(4.37\ \text{cm}^{2}\)

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\(437\ \text{mm}^{2}\) \(= \dfrac{437}{100}\ \text{cm}^2\)  
  \(=4.37\ \text{cm}^{2}\)