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Use six unit multipliers to convert 6 cubic yards to cubic inches
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document.write( "     Start by writing  as  and\r\n" );
document.write( "     then as , and then put it over , \r\n" );
document.write( "     and we start with this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "     We treat a unit just as we would treat a number or\r\n" );
document.write( "     letter in algebra which is multiplied by a number. So we \r\n" );
document.write( "     want to cancel away the three  factors and bring \r\n" );
document.write( "     in .  We know that .  So there are\r\n" );
document.write( "     two possible unit multipliers which we can make with\r\n" );
document.write( "     that.  We can make the unit multiplier \r\n" );
document.write( "     or the unit multiplier .  The question\r\n" );
document.write( "     is which one do we make.  Since we have  in the\r\n" );
document.write( "     numerator, we must use the unit multiplier which has\r\n" );
document.write( "      in the denominator so the 's will cancel.\r\n" );
document.write( "     So we multiply by  three times, one for\r\n" );
document.write( "     each  factor.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "     and then the 's cancel, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Now we want to cancel away the three  factors\r\n" );
document.write( "     and bring in .  We know that . \r\n" );
document.write( "     So there are two possible unit multipliers which we can \r\n" );
document.write( "     make with that.  We can make the unit multiplier \r\n" );
document.write( "     or the unit multiplier .  The question\r\n" );
document.write( "     is which one do we make.  Since we have  in the\r\n" );
document.write( "     numerator, we must use the unit multiplier which has\r\n" );
document.write( "      in the denominator so the 's will cancel.\r\n" );
document.write( "     So we multiply by  three times, one for\r\n" );
document.write( "     each  factor.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "     Then the 's cancel:\r\n" );
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document.write( "     So all we have left is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Multiply all that out with a calculator,\r\n" );
document.write( "     and replace the  by \r\n" );
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document.write( "     or 279936 cubic inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Edwin

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