The Star of Africa, a diamond in the royal scepter of the British crown jewels, has a mass of 530.2 carats, where 1 carat = 0.20 g. Given that 1 kg has an approximate weight of 2.21 lb, what is the weight of this diamond in pounds.

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anonymous · Answer

the weight of this diamond will be 2.343484 lb.

anonymous · Answer

because i use 1carat=0.20g to find the equivalence of 530.2carats in g

anonymous · Answer

and you already know that 1kg=1000g so you use it and 1kg=2.21lb to find it in pounds

anonymous · Answer

i got that answer too but when I entered it in my homework, it said that I am off by a multiple of 10 pounds..