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Both centimeter and decimeter use prefixes that are used to denote sub multiples of meter, 0.01 and 0.1. Therefore, to get amount of centimeters in decimeters, factor used with prefix 'deci' has to be divided by factor used with prefix 'centi':

1 decimeter = 0.1 / 0.01 = 10 centimeters

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