A box of medicine tablets contains 2 00 000 tablets each weighing 20mg What is the total weight ofal...

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A box of medicine tablets contains 2 00 000 tablets each weighing 20mg What is the total weight ofall the tablets in the box in grams In kilograms

Accepted Answer

It is given that Weight of each tablet 20mg So we get Weight of 2 00 000 tablets 2 00 000 20 We get the weight of 2 00 000 tablets 40 00 000mg We know that Total weight of tablets in the box 40 00 000mg It can be written as 1g 1000mg So the weight of box having tablets 40 00 000 1000 4000g We know that 1kg 1000g So the weight of box having tablets 4000 1000 4kg Therefore the total weight of all the tablets in the box is 4000g or 4kg

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