I'm confused with this question: 7.379 * 10-4m3 * (100cm/1m)3 * 19.3g/cm3 I know that I need 3 significant figures. When I tried to type in the answer I got, 1.42, it said that I forgot to cube the conversion factor. I don't know what that means.

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I'm confused with this question: 7.379 * 10-4m3 * (100cm/1m)3 * 19.3g/cm3

I know that I need 3 significant figures.

When I tried to type in the answer I got, 1.42, it said that I forgot to cube the conversion factor. I don't know what that means.

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