Use a proportion to convert 18 grams to milligrams. [Hint: 1,000 mg = 1 g.]

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by Cetra

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x/18=1000/1
18000=1x
18000mg

Gokoon answered Oct 6, 2019

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Our proportion would be:

(1g)/(1000mg) = (18g)/(x)

We would then cross-multiply and our answer would be 18,000 milligrams.

Jeane answered Oct 11, 2019

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