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Algebra Readiness Week 8 Homework

 
 
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Algebra Readiness Week 8 Homework
MengCelena - 2019年11月6日 Wednesday 13:28
 

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

 
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Re: Algebra Readiness Week 8 Homework
ProfessorAreteem - 2019年11月6日 Wednesday 16:15
 

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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Re: Algebra Readiness Week 8 Homework
MengCelena - 2019年11月6日 Wednesday 17:16
 

Thank you! That really helped me understand dimensional analysis!