1.61 The most common mass units in the metric system are the gram, the kilogram, and the milligram. The mass of a calculator could be expressed using any of these units, but in practice it would normally be expressed in grams. Why is this?
1.61 The most common mass units in the metric system are the gram, the kilogram, and the milligram. The mass of a calculator could be expressed using any of these units, but in practice it would normally be expressed in grams. Why is this?
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![1.61 The most common mass units in the metric system are the gram, the kilogram,
and the milligram. The mass of a calculator could be expressed using any of these
units, but in practice it would normally be expressed in grams. Why is this?
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and the milligram. The mass of a calculator could be expressed using any of these
units, but in practice it would normally be expressed in grams. Why is this?
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