Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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Author: Halliday, David, Resnick, Robert, Walker, Jearl
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Chapter 1, Problem 29P
On a spending spree in Malaysia, you buy an ox with a weight of 28.9 piculs in the local unit of weights: 1 picul = 100 gins, 1 gin = 16 tahils, 1 tahil = 10 chees, and 1 chee = 10 hoons. The weight of 1 hoon corresponds to a mass of 0.3779 g. When you arrange to ship the ox home to your astonished family, how much mass in kilograms must you declare on the shipping manifest? (Hint: Setup multiple chain-link conversions.)
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