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Transcription: In this example, we're converting 37.8 inches into centimeters. We're going to use the factor label method to do that. That's what we use in this course for conversions, and as you'll learn later, we use it for a lot of other things. So you need to get familiar with it now so that you're not confused later on. OK, in the factor label method, we take the number we want to convert, 37.8 inches, and we make it a fraction by putting it over 1. Then we multiply that fraction by the number 1. but we find a very creative way to express the number one so that the units work out properly. To find this ...