Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Addition and Subtraction of Measurements - Exercise - Page 185: 32

Answer

$22.7 m$

Work Step by Step

First, we make all of the measurements in cm as follows $$ 1476 \ mm= 147.6 \ cm ,\quad 2.876\ m=287.6\ cm; \quad 4.82\ m =482 \ cm.$$ Now, we can add the measurements as follows $$1350 \ cm+147.6 \ cm +287.6 \ cm+ 482\ cm=2267.2 \ cm \approx 22.7 m .$$
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