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Critical Thinking

6. INFERRING CONCLUSIONS A student converts grams to milligrams by
multiplying by the conversion factor 1g/1000mg. Is the student performing this
calculation correctly? Explain.

User Danil Pyatnitsev
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Answer:

we are given that

Student converts grams to milligrams by multiplying by the conversion factor 1g/1000 mg.

we have been asked to find Is the student performing this calculation correctly?

Suppose you have x grams of something and convert it into mg as follows:

As we know that

So we can write

mg

It mean that conversion factor is

It mean student doesn't performed the calculations correctly.

Step-by-step explanation:

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