document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=879129>Question 879129</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you explain how to convert tonne into centimeter and 1000 seconds is how many minutes?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I believe this is because ton is a weight measure and cubic centimeters if a volume measurement and the difference has to do with the density of the material being measured.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Seconds to minutes is much easier.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 minute = 60 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of seconds to minutes is therefore equal to 60 and the ratio of minutes to seconds is equal to 1/60.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you have 1000 seconds, then you multiply it by 1/60 to get 16 and 2/3 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you multiply 2/3 seconds by 60, you get 40 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your answer is either 16 and 2/3 minutes, or 16 minutes and 40 seconds.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Back to Tonne.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tonne is the common term for a metric ton which is equal to 2240 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "See the following reference:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the conversion depends on the density of the material since tonne is a measure of weight and cubic centimeters are a measure of volume.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A good reference to see how this conversion is done can be found at the following link:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That reference talks about tons rather than tonnes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A ton is equal to 2000 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A tonne is equal to 2240 pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The instructions should be the same except you would replace 2000 with 2240 in order to get the conversion.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's the same instructions using tonnes instead of tons.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the material's weight, in tonnes, by 2,240 to convert it to pounds. If you are calculating the volume of, for instance, 5 tons of cement, you would calculate 5 x 2,240 = 11,200 pounds.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide this weight by the substance's density, measured in pounds per cubic foot.  With cement, which has a density of 94 lb. per cubic foot, you would calculate 11,200 / 94 = 119.1489 cubic feet rounded to 4 decimal places.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply your answer by 28,317, the number of cubic centimeters in a cubic foot, to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "119.1489 cubic feet * 28,317 cubic centimeters per cubic foot = 3,373,939.401 cubic centimeters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The attached links contain different densities of different materials in pounds per cubic foot.<BR>\n" );
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