Question

Converting compound units

You would like to know whether silicon will float in mercury and you know that can determine this based on their densities. Unfortunately, you have the density of mercury in units of kilogram/meter3 and the density of silicon in other units: 2.33 gram/centimeter3. You decide to convert the density of silicon into units of kilogram/meter3 to perform the comparison. By which combination of conversion factors will you multiply 2.33 gram/centimeter3 to perform the unit conversion?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the density of silicon as 2.33g/cm³

We are to convert this to kg/cm³

We will be using the following conversion factors

1000g = 1kg

2.33g = x

Cross multiply

1000x = 2.33

x = 2.33/1000

x = 0.00233kg

Also we need to convert 1cm³ to 1m³

1cm = 0.01m

1cm³ = 0.01×0.01×0.01

1cm³ = 0.000001m³

Substituting into the density value of silicon

2.33g/cm³ = 0.00233kg/0.000001m³

= 2330kg/m³