Chemistry: Principles and Practice
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780534420123
Author: Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, David W. Ball, Edward Mercer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.62QE
What base SI unit is used to express each of the following quantities?
- (a) The mass of a bag of flour
- (b) The distance from the Earth to the Sun
- (c) The temperature of a sunny August day
- (d) The time it takes to run a marathon (26.2 miles)
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