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Converting Units

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Explanations 2

One of the most fundamental things you need to know in any science is how to convert between units. You were probably told in elementary school that to convert 100010001000 cent…
By Brandon Lin
I've provided a unit conversion table as a reference.
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Problems 5

You measure the power output of a nearby light bulb to be 74.674.674.6 Watts. Convert this quantity to horsepower ( hp\text{hp}hp ). (The conversion factor is 746 Watts1 hp\frac…
Convert 2 feet to centimeters.
Per ton of cargo, how many miles per gallon does it achieve?
The Sun produces about 400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 watts of power. The Earth is about 150 billion meters from the Sun, and the Earth has radius of about 6000 kilometers.…
While the answer may be blowing in the wind, we can estimate how far a person would walk over 80 years. A moderately active person takes around 7,500 steps per day. Which of the…