Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Brandon on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 7:36pm.

I converted 789,032 calories to Kilo Joules, and I got 3,301,309,888. I feel like this number is way to big. I set up the proportion like this: 789,032 x 4.184J/1c x 1000 kj/1J. Was this incorrect?

Chemistry - DrBob222, Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 7:44pm
There are 1000 J in 1 kJ.
You last term should be 1/1000.
789,032 x (4.184 J/cal) x (1 kJ/1000 J) = ??

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