Dimensional Analysis: Using the Idea of Identity Multiplication

Posted on 8/2/2016 by Trey Cox
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Reflecting over my years of teaching, I have found that students are challenged by what would seem to be an easy question – “How do we convert from one unit of measure to another?” When confronted with this type of question, I have come to recognize that many students fall back on relying on a procedure that they try to recall.

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