SOLUTION: Can you help me to solve this difficult equation. In 1990, the St. Louis metropolitan area had an average of 82 x 10⁻⁶ g/m³ of pollutants in the air. How many gram

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Question 864071: Can you help me to solve this difficult equation.
In 1990, the St. Louis metropolitan area had an average of 82 x 10⁻⁶ g/m³ of pollutants in the air.
How many grams of pollutants were there in 2 x 10³ m³ of air?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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The first number is a concentration in mass per volume. The second number is a volume. This case fits concentration%2Avolume=mass. The question asks for how much mass of a dissolved or dispersed material.

g means grams as is a measure of mass.
m³ means cubic meters and is a unit of volume.