Answer to Question #106354 in General Chemistry for Jeremiah Nixon

Question

Calculate the volume in L of a rectangular solid with the following three length dimensions: L= 4.5 x 103 km, W = 2 x 10-4 Tm, H = 5.5 X 104 mm

Answer 1

Some important conversions which I will be using here are:

1. $1\ km=10^3 m$
2. $1\ Tm=10^3 m$
3. $1\ mm=10^{-2}m$
4. $1\ m^3=10^3 Litres$

Volume=$L\times B\times H=4.5\times10^3\times 10^3\times2\times10^{-4}\times10^3\times5.5\times10^{4}\times10^{-2}=49.5\times10^7m^3$

$=49.5\times10^7\times10^3 Litres=49.5\times10^{10} Litres$