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3 years ago

Explain two reason why SI is easier than the English System.

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kifflom [539]3 years ago

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Answer:

There are several reasons why SI is preferred to the old English system of measurement: ... SI uses base 10, just like our number system, so it is much easier to learn, remember and convert between units. The prefixes used in SI are from Latin and Greek, and they refer to the numbers that the terms represent.

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2 years ago

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was thrown as follow:

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3 years ago

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g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 m/s²

h = Height

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At height y = 0 the potential energy is 0 as

$P=mgy\\\Rightarrow P=mg0=0$

At maximum height her velocity becomes 0 so the kinetic energy becomes zero.

As the the potential and kinetic energy are conserved

The general equation

$K_i+P_i=K_f+P_f\\\Rightarrow \frac{1}{2}mv_i^2+mgh_i=\frac{1}{2}mv_f^2+mgh_f$

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2 years ago

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Answer:

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