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Super find 40 gauge copper wire is a diameter of only 0.080 mm and Waze only 44.5 g/km. Suppose a spool of 40 gauge wire weighs 471. g Les after some wire is pulled off to wind a magnet. How could you calculate how much wire is used. Set the math up. Do not do any of it just leave your answer as a “math expression”Also be sure your answer includes all correct unit symbols

Super find 40 gauge copper wire is a diameter of only 0.080 mm and Waze only 44.5 g-example-1
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Answer:

10.58km

Explanations:

The formula needed to calculate the amount of wire used is expressed as:


\text{length of wire used=}(W)/(w_g)

W is the weight of wire used to wind a magnet

wg is the weight of wire per km

Given the following parameters:


\begin{gathered} W=471g \\ w_g=44.5\text{g/km} \end{gathered}

Substitute the given parameters into the formula to have:


\begin{gathered} \text{Length of wire used=}\frac{471\cancel{g}}{44.5\cancel{g}km^(-1)} \\ \text{Length of wire used}=(471)/(44.5)km \\ \text{Length of wire used=}10.58\operatorname{km} \end{gathered}

Hence the length of wire used is 10.58km

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