Use your weight in pounds (while standing on the surface of the Earth) to calculate your mass in the following units (1 kg weighs approx. 2.205 lb on the surface of the Earth). Show all your calculations, how you cancel the units, and use the correct number of digits. Use scientific notation.   Weight in pounds = 146   mass in kilograms =   mass in grams

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Use your weight in pounds (while standing on the surface of the Earth) to calculate your mass in the following units (1 kg weighs approx. 2.205 lb on the surface of the Earth). Show all your calculations, how you cancel the units, and use the correct number of digits. Use scientific notation.

 

Weight in pounds = 146

 

mass in kilograms =

 

mass in grams =

 

mass in femtograms =

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