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Ch.1 - Chemical Tools: Experimentation & Measurement
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Capitolo 1, Problema 94

Carry out the following conversions. (c) How large in square meters is the land area of Australia (2,941,526 mi^2)?

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Start by identifying the conversion factor between square miles and square meters. The conversion factor is 1 square mile = 2,589,988.11 square meters.
Write down the given area of Australia in square miles: 2,941,526 mi^2.
Set up the conversion by multiplying the area in square miles by the conversion factor to convert it to square meters.
The equation will look like this: \( 2,941,526 \, \text{mi}^2 \times 2,589,988.11 \, \text{m}^2/\text{mi}^2 \).
Perform the multiplication to find the area in square meters.

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