I'm not sure how they got this answer

[antonisz]

Homework Statement

I'm not sure how they arrived at that number, or how they "scaled it."

Thanks!

 

[Borek]

Do you know what ratio is? And how to use it in calculations?

4.03128 -> 0.02758
2.32 -> x

\frac {4.03128}{0.02758} = \frac {2.32}{x}

Actually it can be set up in several different, but equivalent ways. In the end they yield exactly the same result.

 

[antonisz]

Do you know what ratio is? And how to use it in calculations?

4.03128 -> 0.02758
2.32 -> x

\frac {4.03128}{0.02758} = \frac {2.32}{x}

Actually it can be set up in several different, but equivalent ways. In the end they yield exactly the same result.

Oh, thanks. It must have been a calculator error on my part because I had the same equation set up, only I got 0.0155!

Note to self, don't use dollar store calculators