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A carat is equal to 200 mg 1 of the worlds most famous diamond is the hope diamond which is equal to 44.5 carats what is the weight of the hope diamond in gram

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The weight of 1 carat is given to be 200 mg.

Therefore, the weight of the hope diamond that contains 44.5 carats is given to be:of


\Rightarrow200*44.5=8900\text{ mg}

We can convert mg to grams using the conversion:u


1000\text{ mg}\to1\text{ gram}

Therefore, 8900 mg will be:


\Rightarrow(8900)/(1000)=8.9\text{ grams}

The weight is 8.9 grams.