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You need 2 things to begin with:

1) a unit of length: mm, cm, m, in, ft, miles, and so on.

2) what figure do you need to use to convert.

For example: 1 Centimetre = 0.39370 Inches

0.39370 x 5 = 1.9685 inches in 5 centimetres

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