Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
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Author: Lee Haroun, Dakota Mitchell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 22RQ
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Steps to follow while converting between three systems of measurement.
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Health care sometimes requires the conversion of units from one system of measurement to another. This requires knowledge of equivalencies between the units of systems. When converting a system, the answer should be considered to a close approximation.
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