Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 16.7, Problem 16CC
Use the data stored in MetalData to answer the following questions:
- a. Write a single line of code that will determine the mass in kilograms of one cubic meter of zinc and place the result in MZn.
- b. Assume the number of one of the structures in MetalData is stored in a variable MSn. Write a single line of code that will place the mass number of the lightest isotope of the corresponding metal in the variable LzIsd.
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