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Converting Various Units: Weight, Time, Height, and Volume
Chapter 1, Problem 1.50(choose chapter or problem)
Carry out the following conversions:
(a) 70 kg, the average weight of a male adult, to pounds.
(b) 14 billion years (roughly the age of the universe) to seconds. (Assume there are 365 days in a year.)
(c) 7 ft 6 in, the height of the basketball player Yao Ming, to meters.
(d) \(88.6\mathrm{\ m}^3\) to liters.
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QUESTION:
Carry out the following conversions:
(a) 70 kg, the average weight of a male adult, to pounds.
(b) 14 billion years (roughly the age of the universe) to seconds. (Assume there are 365 days in a year.)
(c) 7 ft 6 in, the height of the basketball player Yao Ming, to meters.
(d) \(88.6\mathrm{\ m}^3\) to liters.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
Here we have to do the following conversions.
(a) 70 kg, the average weight of a male adult, to pounds
It is known that 1 kg = 2.20462 lbs
Then 70 kg will be equal to \(=2.20462 \times 70=154.32 \mathrm{lbs}\)
Thus a 70 kg, the average weight of a male adult is equal to 154.32 lbs
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Converting Various Units: Weight, Time, Height, and Volume
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