document.write( "Question 143548: how do you convert 6 ounces to kilograms? can you show me how it was done? \n" ); document.write( "
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how do you convert 6 ounces to kilograms? can you show me how it was done?
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document.write( "We will go from \"oz\" to \"lb\" to \"kg\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "By definition\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1\"\"lb+=+16+oz\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"1\"\"lb+=+0.45359237kg\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We start with \"6+oz\".  Write that over \"1\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%286oz%29%2F1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we make a fraction to multiply that by so that\r\n" );
document.write( "the \"oz\" cancels out and \"lb\" comes in.  To do that we\r\n" );
document.write( "make a fraction using \"1\"\"lb+=+16+oz\".  We\r\n" );
document.write( "put the \"16oz\"  on the bottom so it will cancel\r\n" );
document.write( "with the oz, and \"1\"\"lb\" on the bottom so\r\n" );
document.write( "as to bring in \"lb\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we want to multiply by the fraction \"%281_lb%29%2F%2816oz%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%286oz%29%2F1\"x\"%281_lb%29%2F%2816oz%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and as you see the \"oz\" on the top of the first fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "cancels out with the \"oz\" in the bottom of the second fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%286cross%28oz%29%29%2F1\"x\"%281_lb%29%2F%2816cross%28oz%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we make a fraction to multiply that by so that\r\n" );
document.write( "the \"lb\" cancels out and \"kg\" comes in.  To do that we\r\n" );
document.write( "make a fraction using \"1\"\"lb+=+0.45359237kg\".  We\r\n" );
document.write( "put the \"1_lb\"  on the bottom so it will cancel\r\n" );
document.write( "with the \"lb\", and \"0.45359237kg\" on the top so\r\n" );
document.write( "as to bring in \"kg\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we want to multiply by the fraction \"%280.45359237kg%29%2F%281_lb%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%286cross%28oz%29%29%2F1\"x\"%281_lb%29%2F%2816cross%28oz%29%29\"x\"%280.45359237kg%29%2F%281_lb%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and as you see the \"lb\" on the top of the second fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "cancels out with the \"lb\" in the bottom of the third fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%286cross%28oz%29%29%2F1\"x\"%281cross%28lb%29%29%2F%2816cross%28oz%29%29\"x\"%280.45359237kg%29%2F%281cross%28lb%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So all that's left is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%286%280.45359237kg%29%29%2F16\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you get a calculator and you should get:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\".1700971388kg\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "and you should round that to \".17kg\"\r\n" );
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