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Metric System and Volume

PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:58 pm
by teen4truth
OK guys...erm...I have never really been in the homework forum, so I have no clue if I am doing something wrong.

Anyways, I am working with the metric system in science and it is really confusing me. How would I work this problem?

Supply the volume of the insoluble substance from the displaced liquid.

Displaced liquid: 1200 L
Volume:___________m3 (3=cubed)

PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:28 pm
by Technomancer
First, work out how many litres per cubic metre. To get you started, 1 mL is equivalent to 1 cm^3. This means, a 1 m^3 cube (obviously) is 100 cm x 100 cm x 100 cm or 1000000 cm^3/1000=1000 L. In other words, you have 1000 L per cubic metre.