Question

On a spending spree in Malaysia, you buy an ox with a weight of 28.9 piculs in the local unit of weights: 1 picul = 100 gins, 1 gin = 16 tahils, 1 tahil = 10 chees, and 1 chee = 10 hoons. The weight of 1 hoon corresponds to a mass of 0.3779 g. When you arrange to ship the ox home to your astonished family, how much mass in kilograms must you declare on the shipping manifest? (Hint: Set up multiple chain-link conversions.)

Answer 1

Answer:

1747.41 kg

Explanation:

If          1 piculs = 100 gins,

Then     28.9 piculs = (28.9 × 100) gins = 2890 gins.

Also,

If         1 gin = 16 tahils

then   2890 gins =( 16 × 2890 ) = 46240 tahils

Also,

If         1 tahil = 10 chees,

Then    46240 tahils = 46240 × 10 chees = 462400 chees.

Also,

If           1 chee = 10 hoons

Then      462400 chees =( 10 × 462400) hoons = 4624000 hoons.

Also,

If            1 hoon = 0.3779 g,

Then     4624000 hoons = 0.3779 × 4624000 = 1747409.6 g.

The mass in kg that i will declare in the shipping manifest = (1747409.6/100 )kg = 1747.41 kg