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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The pressure exerted by the atmosphere is about 1.04 × 105 Pa. Convert this to kPa. Answer in units of kPa

sam (.sam.):

How do you convert meters to kilometers?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1000 m is 1 kilo

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got \[1.04(10^{-8})\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its wrong though

sam (.sam.):

Yeah that's wrong, converting from Pa to kPa is similar to converting a smaller unit to a bigger unit, by that you will have to divide it by 1000

sam (.sam.):

Dividing \(1.04 × 10^5\) by 1000

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