A scientist is working with 2 meters of gold wire. How long is the wire in millimeters?
Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.
2 meters of gold wire is equal to 2000 millimeters.
To convert meters to millimeters, you need to multiply by 1000 because there are 1000 millimeters in 1 meter.
So, to find the length of the gold wire in millimeters, you multiply the length in meters (2 meters) by 1000:
2 meters * 1000 = 2000 millimeters
Therefore, the length of the wire is 2000 millimeters.
To convert from meters to millimeters, we need to use the conversion factor of 1 meter = 1000 millimeters.
Given that the scientist is working with 2 meters of gold wire, we can calculate the length in millimeters by multiplying 2 meters by the conversion factor:
2 meters × 1000 millimeters/1 meter = 2000 millimeters
Hence, the length of the gold wire is 2000 millimeters.
Scott is on the swim team. Each week he swims a total of 6000 meters. How many kilometers does he swim each week?
Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.
To convert meters to kilometers, you need to divide by 1000 because there are 1000 meters in 1 kilometer.
So, to find the distance Scott swims each week in kilometers, you divide the distance in meters (6000 meters) by 1000:
6000 meters / 1000 = 6 kilometers
Therefore, Scott swims 6 kilometers each week.
Owners of a recreation area are adding water to a pond. The graph below shows the amount of water in the pond (in liters) versus the amount of time that water is added (in hours).
Use the graph to answer the questions.
Water in the
pond (liters)
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Time (hours)
(a) How much water is in the pond at 0 hours?
(b) How much water is in the pond at 1 hour?
(c) How much does the amount of water increase for each hour that water is added?
(d) Are the amounts given in parts (b) and (c) equal?
Why or why not? Choose the best answer.
Yes, because the line passes through 0,0.
Yes, because the line does not pass through 0,0.
No, because the line passes through 0,0
No, because the line does not pass through 0,0.
(a) At 0 hours, there is 0 water in the pond.
(b) At 1 hour, there is 1500 liters of water in the pond.
(c) The amount of water increases by 1500 liters for each hour that water is added.
(d) The answer is: No, because the line passes through 0,0.
Explanation: If the line passes through the point (0,0) on the graph, it means that when there is 0 hours of adding water, there will be 0 liters of water in the pond. In this case, the line does not pass through (0,0), indicating that there is a base amount of water in the pond even before any water is added.
are you positive?
My apologies for the incorrect response. Let's take another look at the graph.
(a) At 0 hours, it appears that there is approximately 2000 liters of water in the pond.
(b) At 1 hour, it looks like there is approximately 2500 liters of water in the pond.
(c) The amount of water seems to increase by 500 liters for each hour that water is added.
(d) No, the amounts given in parts (b) and (c) are not equal. The amount of water in the pond at 1 hour is the total amount of water at that time, whereas the increase in water is the difference in water levels between consecutive hours.