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It turns out that decimeters are seldom used in practice. Instead, millimeters, centimeters and meters are normally used. Of course, in theory you could measure any length in decimeters - and especially lengths which are in an appropriate range, somewhere between about 1-100 decimeters.

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9y ago

Decimeters can be converted into various unit of lengths .so, lets convert dm to m . on finding the relation we get.

1 dm =0.1 m .

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5mo ago

In a decimeter, you can measure lengths up to 10 centimeters or 0.1 meters. This unit is commonly used to measure smaller lengths such as the height of a book or the width of a cell phone.

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13y ago

It's only 10 centimeters it goes centimeter inch decimeter-foot yard meter mile kilometer.

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12y ago

simple, a decimetre is a tenth of a metre (10cm). A normal metre stick would be as effective

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7y ago

A decimetre is not a unit which is normally used.

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12y ago

football field

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a crayon

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