Functions

Combining Functions


This is a follow up to Use and Modify.

Measuring things using the metric system is the standard approach for scientists, but when communicating your results more broadly it may be useful to use different units (at least in some countries). Write a function that converts kilograms into pounds (there are 2.205 pounds in a kilogram). Use that function along with your dinosaur mass function from Use and Modify to estimate the weight, in pounds, of a 12 m long Stegosaurus (12 m is about as big as they come and nothing gets folks excited like a giant dinosaur). In Stegosauria, a has been estimated as 10.95 and b has been estimated as 2.64 (Seebacher 2001).

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