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Khabib had a 1.5 kg bag of potting soil he used 420 grams of soil to potted plants how many kilograms of soil are left in the bag write your answer with two decimal places

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We need to have every quantity with the same units. Since 1kg=1000g, then


420g\frac{1\operatorname{kg}}{1000g}=0.42\operatorname{kg}

Then, he now has


1.5\operatorname{kg}-0.420\operatorname{kg}=1.08kg

Then, there is 1.08 kg of soil left in the bag.

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