Cancelling Units

Sordini

Guys,
can you please check the attachments and confirm the units of the answer? Its been a while
thanks

bnt

Well, it doesn't all cancel out, you get √(2 kg² month / %).

loloray

bnt wrote: »

Well, it doesn't all cancel out, you get √(2 kg² month / %).

I think it's √(2 kg²/( month .%)) ?

astroguy

loloray wrote: »

I think it's √(2 kg²/( month .%)) ?

Yes, it is.

Sordini

Thanks guys, you have answered the question perfectly. But maybe I have asked the wrong question:

I am finding it tricky to figure out the units of Q* (Or EOQ Economic Order qty)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_order_quantity

MathsManiac

Reading the Wikipedia article, the units are units, so to speak. (Items, if you prefer).

Were you trying to check that analysing the units makes the equation make sense? (Dimensional analysis.) It does:
CD is in units of euro*item
H is in euro/item
So CD/H is in (item)^2
So its square root is in items, as it should be.

Sordini

Thanks everybody.
I am happy that the units cancel out to get what I need.

Kevster

√ 2 kg^2 . month^-1 . 1/100

...check... ...check... ...check! Thanks for the thread dude. I needed a brief brush-up on my math.