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Firlakuza [10]
3 years ago
14

Can a physical quantity have units but still be dimensionless?

Physics
2 answers:
tatuchka [14]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

yes

Explanation:

there are other quantities that are dimensionless, but have a unit.

For example, radian is the unit for an angle. But it is dimensionless because it is defined to be the ratio of two lengths.,

a dimensionless quantity will always be independent of the base units — meter, second, kilograms, kelvin, candela, moles, ampere.

Other examples:

1. Mass fraction

2.Mole fraction

both have unit (kg/kg)

scZoUnD [109]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

A quantity that has dimensions must have units. Yes a quantity have units but still be dimensionless for example,unit of angle is radian ,but it is a dimensionless quantity. A dimensionless quantity may have unit. ... A unitless quantity never has a non-zero dimension.

I hope it's helpful!

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