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What You Will Learn:. How to pick and chose a unity multiplier that will help you convert from one unit of measure to another unit of measure. Recall that a number multiplied by its inverse is equal to 1 , which is the multiplicative inverse property of Real Numbers. b 1 / b = 1 b / b = 1 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Unit Conversions
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What You Will Learn:
How to pick and chose a unity multiplier that will help you convert from one unit of measure to
another unit of measure.
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Unit Conversions
Recall that a number multiplied by its inverse is equal to 1, which is the multiplicative inverse property of Real
Numbers.
b 1/b = 1
b/b = 1
b = b
Now that we are past the obvious, let us use numbers to help illustrate how this concept can help us solve
problems.
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1.25 miles 5280 ft/ 1 mile 12 inch/1 ft 2.54 cm /1 inch 1 meter/100 cm = 2011.68 meters
Convert the Following:
1.25 miles to meters
60 mph to meters/second
60 miles/1 hr 5280 ft/ 1 mile 12 inch/1 ft 2.54 cm /1 inch 1 meter/100 cm = 96,560.64 meters/hr
96,560.64 meters/hr hr/ 3600 seconds = 26.8224 meters/seconds
Use the TAKS Formula Charts to Help You
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That’s it!
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What You Have Learned:
How to pick and chose a unity multiplier that will help you convert from one unit of measure to
another unit of measure.
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