An exchange student lands on Mars and finds a chemical stockroom. He need 14 grams of silver to start a research project. The martian stockroom attendent asks " howmany zooms of silver do you need?" WHOOPS!! Different mass units. On Mars the following mass units are used:
9 woofs= 1 gram
2 zings= 7 warps
8 woofs= 3 warps
4 zooms = 3 zings
2006-10-05 12:38:38 · 3 answers · asked by Samantha Jo 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
set it up using demensional analysis
(14 grams/1) * (9 woofs/1gram) * (3warps/8 woofs) * (2zings/7warps) * (4 zooms/3zings)
OR (14g*9woofs*3warps*2zings*4zooms) / (1*1g*8woofs*7warps*3zings)
the answer is 14 grams = 18 zooms
2006-10-05 12:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
18 zooms
2006-10-05 20:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by BB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
18 zooms (without looking at the other answers first.
I haven't done dimensional analysis since Junior Year of highschool (4 years).
2006-10-06 00:30:41 · answer #3 · answered by jennyreigle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋