document.write( "Question 951016: How many 8-cm3 sugar cubes can Sandy put in a 4.2 dm by 8 dm by 6.4 dm box \n" ); document.write( "
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Is [dm] a deci-meter?
\n" ); document.write( "I'm guessing yes -it is measuring
\n" ); document.write( "in units of 1/10 of a meter
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\n" ); document.write( "[cm] is a unit measurement of
\n" ); document.write( "1/100 of a meter
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\n" ); document.write( "I have to make a conversion to get
\n" ); document.write( "everything in the same units of
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\n" ); document.write( "My conversion is:
\n" ); document.write( " [1 dm = 10 cm ]
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\n" ); document.write( "This is more obvious if I say it this way:
\n" ); document.write( "[ 1/10 m = 10*( 1/100 ) m ]
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\n" ); document.write( "Now I can say:
\n" ); document.write( "[ 4.2 dm = 42 cm ]
\n" ); document.write( "[8 dm = 80 cm ]
\n" ); document.write( "[ 6.4 dm = 64 cm ]
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\n" ); document.write( "The volume of the box is:
\n" ); document.write( "\"+42%2A80%2A64+=+215040+\" sm3
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "\"+215040+%2F+8+=+26880+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Note that this has to be a pure number
\n" ); document.write( "because you have [ cm3 / cm3 ]
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\n" ); document.write( "You can fit 26,880 of the sugar cubes
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