Answer to Question #104481 in General Chemistry for melody

Question

What is the volume (in dL) of a box that is 3.7 ft long, 0.532 m wide and 1245 mm tall?

Answer 1

As 1 ft = 3.048 dm, then the length is =$3.7\times3.048 = 11.28 dm$

As 1 m = 10 dm , then the width is =$0.532\times10=5.32dm$

As 1mm = 0.01 dm, the the hegth is = $1245\times0.01=12.45dm$

$Volume = length\times width\times height = 11.28\times 5.32\times 12.45 = 747 dm^3$

As $1 dm^3 =1 dL$

then the volume of a box is $747 \times 10 = 7470 dL$