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How many ms are in 12.00 ks?

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It is 12000000 ms in 12.00 ks!
User AnshuVersatile
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"Kilo" is 3 orders of magnitude larger than the base unit, while "milli" is 3 orders of magnitude smaller. That is, 1 second is
10^(-3) kiloseconds and
10^3 milliseconds. This means 1 ks is
10^6 ms, so


12.00\,\mathrm{ks}\cdot\frac{10^6\,\mathrm{ms}}{1\,\mathrm{ks}}=12.00*10^6\,\mathrm{ms}

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