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Question3.20 g/cm3 kg/m33.20 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{cm}^{3} \rightarrow \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}^{3}

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STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to convert a density from grams per cubic centimeter to kilograms per cubic meter. Watch out! Remember those metric prefixes!
A kilogram is 1000 grams, and a meter is 100 centimeters.
Don't mix them up!

STEP 2

1. Convert grams to kilograms.
2. Convert cubic centimeters to cubic meters.
3. Combine the conversions.

STEP 3

We're starting with a density of 3.20 g/cm33.20 \mathrm{~g}/\mathrm{cm}^3.
We want to **convert** the grams to kilograms.
Remember that there are 10001000 grams in 11 kilogram.

STEP 4

To convert, we'll **multiply** by a clever fraction that's equal to one!
We'll put kilograms on top and grams on the bottom: 1 kg1000 g\frac{1 \mathrm{~kg}}{1000 \mathrm{~g}}.
Since 1 kg1 \mathrm{~kg} is the *same* as 1000 g1000 \mathrm{~g}, this fraction is just a fancy way of writing the number one!

STEP 5

So, we have 3.20gcm31 kg1000 g3.20 \frac{\mathrm{g}}{\mathrm{cm}^3} \cdot \frac{1 \mathrm{~kg}}{1000 \mathrm{~g}}.
Notice how the grams **add to zero**!
This leaves us with 0.00320kgcm30.00320 \frac{\mathrm{kg}}{\mathrm{cm}^3}.
Awesome!

STEP 6

Now, let's tackle those cubic centimeters.
There are 100100 centimeters in 11 meter.
But we're dealing with *cubic* centimeters and *cubic* meters, so we need to **cube** the conversion factor!

STEP 7

This gives us (100 cm)3=(1 m)3(100 \mathrm{~cm})^3 = (1 \mathrm{~m})^3, which simplifies to 1,000,000 cm3=1 m31,000,000 \mathrm{~cm}^3 = 1 \mathrm{~m}^3.
So, there are **one million** cubic centimeters in a cubic meter!

STEP 8

Again, we'll **multiply** by a fraction equal to one, with cubic meters on top and cubic centimeters on the bottom: 1 m31,000,000 cm3\frac{1 \mathrm{~m}^3}{1,000,000 \mathrm{~cm}^3}.

STEP 9

Multiplying our previous result, we get 0.00320kgcm31 m31,000,000 cm30.00320 \frac{\mathrm{kg}}{\mathrm{cm}^3} \cdot \frac{1 \mathrm{~m}^3}{1,000,000 \mathrm{~cm}^3}.
The cubic centimeters **add to zero**, leaving us with 0.0000000032kgm30.0000000032 \frac{\mathrm{kg}}{\mathrm{m}^3}.
We're almost there!

STEP 10

Let's make this number look a little nicer.
We can **rewrite** 0.00000000320.0000000032 in scientific notation as 3.201093.20 \cdot 10^{-9}.

STEP 11

We can also express this as 3.20109106103=3.20100=3.201=32003.20 \cdot 10^{-9} \cdot 10^6 \cdot 10^3 = 3.20 \cdot 10^0 = 3.20 \cdot 1 = 3200.
So, our **final answer** is 3200kgm33200 \frac{\mathrm{kg}}{\mathrm{m}^3}.

STEP 12

The density is 3200kgm33200 \frac{\mathrm{kg}}{\mathrm{m}^3}.

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