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Algebra Readiness Week 8 Homework
Hi, I don't understand what dimensional analysis are. For #9, is the way of doing this:
12 m/min*100cm/60sec=12*100/60? I'm not quite sure how you would do it, so I would appreciate some help. Thanks!
Celena Meng
Hi Celena. Your answer looks good, however, the idea behind dimensional analysis is to keep track of the units a little more: $$\frac{12 \text{ m}}{1\text{ min}} = \frac{12 \text{ m}}{1\text{ min}}\times \frac{1 \text{ min}}{60\text{ sec}}\times \frac{100 \text{ cm}}{1\text{ m}} = \cdots$$ Then you can see the units canceling with each other when making the calculation.
Hope this helps, otherwise let us know if you have more questions.
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