Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Dimensional Analysis

List the common units for mass, volume, and length in the metric system.
 
Common unit for mass is kilograms (kg).
Volume= pint, quart, gallon
Length= inches, feet, yard, mile

List the common prefixes for "big" metric items and "small" metric items.
Big- mile,gallon
small- mg, in, ft

Convert 12 inches into 1 m.
Take 12 divided by 39.37 and get .3048 meters.
Convert 30 mpg to km/l.
take 30 times 1.61 divided by 3.79 which equals 12.74

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