Unit Conversions - PhysPrimer

Examples of how to set up unit conversions. Note that there is a lot more that you can do with dimensional analysis (see • Dimensional Analysis -... for details)
0:00 Introduction (why do we care about units)
0:50 Some common unit conversions
2:12 Intro to the general method
5:03 Example 1 (converting a velocity)
8:15 Example 2 (converting an area)
11:56 Example 3 (converting a density)
13:54 Concluding remarks
14:53 Try it yourself examples (solutions at end of description)
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Solutions to "Try it yourself" examples (and I do recommend trying these yourself BEFORE looking at solution):
1) 10.44 m/s = 23.3 miles/hour
2) 2710 kg/m^3 = 2.71 g/cm^3
3) 101,325 N/m^2 = 14.7 lbs/in^2

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