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A damn lotta conversion!

Midnight_EG · 2010-10-12 00:32:57

Would anybody possibly be able to help with this :confused: I can only use stuff she's given to us this year, and the only thing not in the question that I can use is the fact 1 m cubed is 1000 litres, other than that...all I have is the link and I'm very very lost. Appreciate anything that comes of it!

12-10-2010 12:32am

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Would anybody possibly be able to help with this

I can only use stuff she's given to us this year, and the only thing not in the question that I can use is the fact 1 m cubed is 1000 litres, other than that...all I have is the link and I'm very very lost. Appreciate anything that comes of it!

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Midnight_EG wrote: »

Would anybody possibly be able to help with this

I can only use stuff she's given to us this year, and the only thing not in the question that I can use is the fact 1 m cubed is 1000 litres, other than that...all I have is the link and I'm very very lost. Appreciate anything that comes of it!

The problem is pretty basic. Quick example of dimension conversion:

Take [latex]1 mile = 1.6km[/latex]

Then [latex]40 mph = 40 \time (miles \times {hour}^{-1}) \times \frac{1.6*10^3m}{1 mile} \times ({\frac{60*60 s}{1 hour})}^{-1}[/latex] in [latex]ms^{-1}[/latex]

Using that method, it's pretty obvious that the non-SI units disappear and you're left with [latex]ms^{-1}[/latex]. The same principles apply to any unit conversion.

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