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Mar 04, 2007 11:09

Unit conversion is like sudoku.

It's very simple in principle, but it's possible to create very complicated puzzles. The challenge lies not in the math or the logic, but in being meticulous enough to make it easy. If you get it right the first time, it seems absolutely trivial. However, if you've made a mistake, it's a completly different matter. It's often easier just to start over again than to find the error, because it's not something you can learn from.

Units in the numerator: Coulomb squared per Joule meter, Joule seconds raised to the five halves, TerraHertz raised to the one half.

Units in the denominator: Coulombs, Joules per Kelvin, Kelvin, kilograms to the three halves.

Final units: centimeters squared per Volt seconds.

Hints: One volt is a Joule per Coulomb
Terra means 10^12
Hertz is a per second
Joule is kilogram meter squared per second squared
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