Chemistry for Engineering Students
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ISBN: 9781285199023
Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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1.54 Carry out each of the following conversions. (a) 25.2 m to km, (b) 36.3 km to m, (c) 487 kg to g, (d) 1.32 L to mL, (e) 55.9 dL to L, (f) 625 L to cm3
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