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OpenStudy (justuu):

Medal Convert 6.42 kilograms to grams. 0.00642 g 64.2 g 642 g 6,420 g

OpenStudy (danjs):

the ratio is \[\frac{ 10^3~g }{ 1~kg }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well kilo means 1,000, so multiply 6.42 by 1,000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or you could move the decimal 3 spaces to the left and that would be your answer too

OpenStudy (danjs):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

so anything bigger than 6.42 cannot be the answer

OpenStudy (danjs):

the answer is bigger than 6.42, by a factor of 10^3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:/

OpenStudy (danjs):

6.42 kg = 6.42 x 10^3 g or 6420 grams

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ahhhh yes i see where i made the mistake @DanJS i was thinking about grams to kilograms not kilograms to grams

OpenStudy (justuu):

okay thank you

OpenStudy (danjs):

set up a ratio so the units cancel like i did in the draw above, you can't mess up that way

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