Converting Units with Conversion Factors

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  • Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
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    How to convert units using conversion factors and canceling units. Some people call this dimensional analysis or the factor label method, but you will call it easy after you've watched this video!

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  • @joshmann9008
    @joshmann9008 6 лет назад +408

    almost lost my mind after my second day of chem when he started teaching this and scientific notations, thank you so much

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    @soulsickngod 3 года назад +47

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  • @greyes71
    @greyes71 6 лет назад

    Fantastic! Headed to the longer conversion video now. Thanks so much for going through every step in detail so we can build on that knowledge.

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    @arnoldmyers2302 7 лет назад +3

    The best video I have seen on converting units, thank you.

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    @abirdas3955 2 года назад +1

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    @javiermendez1118 3 года назад

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    @maryann5140 8 лет назад +4

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    @DirtyKirks 10 лет назад

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    @freedom8gemini2 10 лет назад

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  • @katydornbos8901
    @katydornbos8901 5 лет назад

    This video, like the others, is just so good. Previously mystifying concepts become sensible and easy. Love the opening line "some people call this dimensional analysis, some people call this the factor-label method, but you're going to call it easy" - ha!! Great!

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    @Bomber103378014 9 лет назад

    I've been having a horrible time trying to understand this. I was really struggling.
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    @shelleyjones8042 5 месяцев назад

    I have spent almost 50 hours racking my brain trying to figure out how to know which way to write the conversion factor and all somebody had to say is “either one is right but you’re going to use the one that cancels the other out” I am ready to scream and cry with glee that my lightbulb came on!!! THANK YOU! Why doesn’t anybody say this?!?! Thank you so much!

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    @bsaenz802 7 лет назад

    Amazing video. Thank you so much for explaining unit conversions in such a way for people to understand!!!! Seriously awesome!

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    @michaeldouglasmilne9767 9 лет назад

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    @allisonleblanc4151 11 лет назад

    Great videos! Thank you so much for helping me learn sig figs, converstion factors and scientific notation. I learned more from your videos than my professor. Awesome...

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    @randomperson731 9 лет назад +1

    I was so lost in conversions, but this video helped me figure out that the problem i had was the relationships of the units. Thank you so much. ^-^

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    @96guitarsrock 8 лет назад

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  • @Ladypassepartout
    @Ladypassepartout 6 лет назад

    thanks Tyler from Australia.
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