Problem: The aluminum in a package containing 75 ft.² of kitchen foil weighs approximately 12 ounces. Aluminum has a density of 2.70 g/cm3 What is the approximate thickness of the aluminum foil in millimeters? Attached is the method that I'm meant to use to solve the proband the information provided for the dimensional analysis
Problem: The aluminum in a package containing 75 ft.² of kitchen foil weighs approximately 12 ounces. Aluminum has a density of 2.70 g/cm3 What is the approximate thickness of the aluminum foil in millimeters? Attached is the method that I'm meant to use to solve the proband the information provided for the dimensional analysis
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The aluminum in a package containing 75 ft.² of kitchen foil weighs approximately 12 ounces. Aluminum has a density of 2.70 g/cm3 What is the approximate thickness of the aluminum foil in millimeters?
Attached is the method that I'm meant to use to solve the proband the information provided for the dimensional analysis
Transcribed Image Text:Here is the solution, expressed as a single series of steps. First, without showing the numbers
(just the units):
tsp
cup
gal
? gal =_L ×.
gal
mL
tsp
Cups
Then adding in the numbers:
1,000 mL
1 tsp
1 cup
1 gal
? gal = 1.5L x
0.39 gal
1 L
5.0 mL
48 tsp
16 cups
Transcribed Image Text:Some Conversion Factors:
Length
Time
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1 meter = 100 centimeters (cm)
1 foot = 12 inches
1 inch = 2.54 cm {exactly} n
1 mile = 5,280 feet
1 yard = 3 feet
1 league = 3 miles
1 mile = 8 furlongs
1 fortnight = 14 days
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Miscellaneous
1 calorie (cal) =4.184 joules (J)
1 pound (lb) = 453.6 grams (g)
16 ounces (oz)
1 atmosphere (atm) = 760 torr
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1 pound (lb)
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Volume
Prefixes
Example
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 liter (L) = 1000 cm³ = 1,000 mL
1 liter (L) = 1.057 quarts
1 mL = 1 cm
mega (M)
kilo (k)
milli (m)
1 M-ton = 1x106 tons
1 kg = 1x10' grams
1 mL = 1x103 liters
1 nm = 1x10° meters
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nano (n)
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