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Sam weighed and measured an infant at the clinic today The baby weighed 8.5 kg and was 60.5 cm long The baby's mather wanted the baby's weight in pounds and length in inches . Use the lowing conversion factors 22 1in = 2.54 cm Round your answers to the nearest tenths place .

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We know that

• The baby weighed 8.5 kg and was 60.5 cm long.

We have to transform 8.5 kg into pounds. We know that 1 kg is equivalent to 2.2 pounds. So, we just have to multiply.


8.5\operatorname{kg}\cdot\frac{2.2lb}{1\operatorname{kg}}=18.7lb

Therefore, the baby weighed 18.7 pounds.

Then, we transform 60.5 cm into inches. We know that 1 inch is equivalent to 2.54 cm. So,


60.5\operatorname{cm}\cdot\frac{1in}{2.54\operatorname{cm}}=23.82in

Therefore, the baby was 23.82 inches long.

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