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Offline lttoler

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Volume in Liters?
« on: January 21, 2012, 08:55:10 PM »
I have a set of practice problems in my general chemistry class and I am hung up on this question:

The surface area and average depth of the Pacific ocean are 2.0 x 10^8 km^2 and 3.9 x 10^3 m respectively.  What is the volume of water in the ocean in litres?

I understand that Volume = surface area x depth, but I am having trouble understanding the steps in converting these 2 into Liters.

Can someone explain to me how I go about getting the answer to this?  

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Volume in Liters?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2012, 11:58:08 PM »
Hint :
1L  = 1000 cm3
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Re: Volume in Liters?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2012, 09:49:05 AM »
Or better 1 l = 0.001 m3

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