NO ME SALEN
THEORETICAL NOTES AND EXCERCISES OF PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS
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Miscellany
Passage units
MULTIPLICATION BY ONE (NOT ANY ONE)
You have to remember two things: a number multiplied by one, results in the same number, and the result of a number divided by the same number, is one. Here you have some examples:
4 . 1 = 4 ; 37 . 1 = 37 ; 0,36 . 1 = 0,36 ; a . 1 = a
8 / 8 = 1 ; 59 / 59 = 1 ; 0,24 / 0,24 = 1 ; e / e = 1
Knowing this, we can say:
1 día / 24 h = 1
Because both numerator and denominator are the same. These quotients equal to one are non-innocent: we can use the to remove the units we want to disappear (and the units we want to appear, do so). Before starting, let me write in each conversion, the "ones" you should use:
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| Example 1) |
Convert |
20 m/s |
to |
km/h |
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1 km |
= 1 , |
3.600 s |
= 1 |
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1.000 m |
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1 h |
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| Then I multiply the magnitude I want to convert by one, in this case, twice. |
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20 |
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1 km |
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3.600 s |
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1.000 m |
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1 h |
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Then, after cancelling those units on the numerator and the ones in the denominator (and after doing some little calculations), I have...
20 m/s = 72 km/h
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| Example 2) |
Convert |
3.500 km/h² |
to |
m/s² |
As one kilometer (kilo means thousand) is equal to 1000 meters,
1 km = 1.000 m (una igualdad)
And as one hour is the same as 3600 seconds, in an hour times un hour (h2) there are 3600 seconds times 3600 seconds,
1h² = 12.960.000 s² (otra igualdad);
I assemble "the non-innocent ones" |
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1.000 m |
= 1 |
1 h² |
= 1 |
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1 km |
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12.960.000 s² |
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3.500 |
km |
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1.000 m |
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1 h² |
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h² |
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1 km |
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12.960.000 s² |
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Now I cancell those units that appear on the numerator and in the denominator, and after some calculations, I have...
3.500 km/h² = 0,27 m/s²
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| Example 3) |
Convert |
0,7 kgf/cm |
to |
N/m |
As everyone knows, 1 kgf = 10 N, y 1m = 100 cm. Knowing this, I assemble the fractions I need: |
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10 N |
= 1 , |
100 cm |
= 1 |
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1 kgf |
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1m |
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| I use this to multiply the magnitude I want to converts; like, they value is equal to one, I´m not going to alter their value: |
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0,7 |
kgf |
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10 N |
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100 cm |
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cm |
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1 kgf |
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1m |
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I operate a little and...
0,7 kgf/cm = 700 N/m
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| Example 4) |
Convert |
60.000 J/day |
to |
W |
| 1 W (1 Watt) is, by definition, 1 J/s. |
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1 W |
= 1 |
1 W . s |
= 1 |
1 día |
= 1 |
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1 J/s |
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1 J |
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86.400 s |
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60.000 J |
1 W . s |
1 day |
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day |
1 J |
86.400 s |
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chipsy fo´ the birdsy
60.000 J/day = 0,694 W
This is the method I usually teach in my class. |
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