The diameter of a lead pipe is measured to be 2.40 cm and you are asked to convert to units of inches. For this conversion factor problem, what units do you begin with in your calculation?
A)meters
B)inches
C)centimeters
D)feet

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The initial units given in the problem are in centimeters, so we need to use centimeters as the starting unit in our conversion factor.

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