Question

The density of a piece of clay is 1.8 in CGS system of units . The corresponding value in SI unit of system is?

Answer 1

Step 1, Given data

The density of the clay in the CGS unit = 1.8 g/$c{m}^3$

Step 2, Finding the value in the SI unit

We know,

1 g = ${10}^{-3}kg$

1 cm = ${10}^{-2}m$

Now we can write

1.8 g/$c{m}^3$ = $1.8\times \frac{{10}^{-3}}{{\left({10}^{-2}\right)}^3}=1.8\times {10}^3$ kg/$m^3$

Hence the value of the density of the clay in the SI unit is $1.8\times {10}^3$ kg/$m^3$