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Nataly_w [17]
3 years ago
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Explain the rules for multiplication and division to convert units. How do you know when to multiply and when to divide to conve

rt untis of measurement?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Dima020 [189]3 years ago
4 0
Well, units divide and multiply just like numbers. That's why Area is in units of  distance squared (cm × cm = cm²) and volume is cubic distance (m × m × m = m³).

Likewise other mathematical operations can be performed on them, including division where they can cancel out of the equation.

For instance, a rate, speed, slope or conversion factor is usually one unit divided by another unit. Like so...

speed = 5 meters per second
= \frac{5m}{1sec}

If you are given a distance traveled, let's say 100 meters and asked to solve for time it takes to get there. You would divide by the speed so that meters cancel leaving only time.

** Of course to divide by a fraction is to flip and multiply so really you're just multiplying by it, making sure the same units are diagonal and cancel out like so:

100 m *  \frac{1sec}{5m} = 20 sec


Hope this helps!

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