please explain to me how to answer this question?
a small hole in the wing of the space shuttle requires a 15.8 cm^2 patch.
-what is the patch's area square km^2
-if the patch's material costs NASA $4.17/ in^2 what is the costs of the patch?

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please explain to me how to answer this question?
a small hole in the wing of the space shuttle requires a 15.8 cm^2 patch.
-what is the patch's area square km^2
-if the patch's material costs NASA $4.17/ in^2 what is the costs of the patch?

joannablackwelder · Answer

The first part is a conversion like your last question. :)

joannablackwelder · Answer

The second part is also a conversion. You can use the information given as:
$4.17 = 1 in^2
so that it is written like the other conversions.

joannablackwelder · Answer

Make sense?