Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 7, Problem 18RQ
The grain is a unit of mass equal to 64.8 milligrams [mg]. The dram is a unit of mass equal to 875/32 grains. What is 0.5 kilograms [kg] expressed in units of drams?
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