Question

A crate of bananas has a mass of 674.8 dekagrams. What is the mass of the crate of bananas in centigrams? Use the metric table to help answer the question.

Answer 1

674,800 centigrams

Explanation:

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Answer 2

`674,800\ centigrams`

Explanation:

we know that

`1\ dekagram=1,000\ centigrams`

so

by proportion

`(1,000)/(1)(centigrams)/(dekagram)=(x)/(674.8)(centigrams)/(dekagram)\\ \\x=674.8*1,000\\ \\x=674,800\ centigrams`