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Add 0.0025kg 1750mg 2.25g 825000micrograms and Express the answer in grams

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Final answer:

To calculate the total mass, all measurements were converted to grams, added together, and then rounded to match the precision of the least precise measurement, resulting in a final answer of 7.33 grams.

Step-by-step explanation:

To add 0.0025kg, 1750mg, 2.25g, and 825000micrograms and express the answer in grams, we first need to convert all amounts to the same unit. Let's convert each to grams:

  • 0.0025 kg = 2.5 g (since 1 kg = 1000 g)
  • 1750 mg = 1.75 g (since 1 mg = 0.001 g)
  • 2.25 g is already in grams
  • 825000 micrograms = 0.825 g (since 1 microgram = 0.000001 g)

Now, we perform the addition by adding all the values in grams:

  • 2.5 g
  • 1.75 g
  • 2.25 g
  • 0.825 g

The sum is: 2.5 + 1.75 + 2.25 + 0.825 = 7.325 g.

Since the value with the least number of decimal places after the conversion is 2.25 g (two decimal places), we will round our final answer to two decimal places as per the rules of significant figures when dealing with addition:

Final Answer: 7.33 g

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