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Dimensional Analysis
Dimensional Analysis
You will be able to use unit analysis to help convert units you are not used to using.
Use dimensional analysis to convert units that are used at the Port of Long Beach Change the length of ships from meters to feet Calculate the number of TEUs on ships and trains
1.3 Use measures expressed as rates and measures expressed as persondays to solve problems; check the units of the solutions; and use dimensional analysis to check the reasonableness of the answer.
So you can convert between metric and English measurements To learn about units used at the Port In order to answer questions on the CAHSEE and the State CST tests
Dimensional Analysis is using unit analysis to help make conversions from one unit to another.
Use dimensional analysis to write the expression to change the units for a situation.
1. Read the situation. Identify the original this Write in your units. notes 2. Write the original units as a fraction. 3. Decide what is the conversion factor for the new unit. 4. Be sure to set up the problem so the original units will divide out. 5. Simplify the expression and divide out the common units
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 4:
12 inches 1 foot
Write units in the second fraction so that the original units divide out and leave the new unit.
Step 5:
Now lets change your height to meters. Conversion Factor: One foot is approximately 0.3 meters
A ship from China is measured in meters but the Port of Long Beach berths are measured in linear feet.
Conversion Factor: One meter is approximately 3.3 feet Change meters to feet.
In pairs:
Determine which partner will be person A and which is person B Person A: Tell your partner what is dimensional analysis? Person B: Tell your partner he or she is correct, or tell your partner the correct definition.
Dimensional analysis is using unit analysis to help do conversions from one unit to the next.
Is this correct?
The Neptune Amber ship is 231 meters long. To change this to feet you would write the following expression.
No
The original units did not divide out, you need to reverse the second fraction. I will pick a person at random to explain.
Partner Work
Compare your notes with a partner.
Dimensional Analysis is using unit analysis to help make conversions from one unit to another. The conversion factor is 1 foot = 12 inches.
1feet 1 inches 1 = 1 inches 1 1 1foot
Oil is sold in barrels. One barrel of oil is 42 gallons. How many barrels are in a tanker truck that holds 11,000 gallons of oil?
11,000 gallons 1
1 barrel 42 gallons
261.9 barrels 1
How many barrels are in an oil tanker that holds 1.3 million gallons of oil? (1 barrel = 42 gallons) Write the expression only.
1,300,000 gallons 1
1 barrel 42 gallons
Containerized Cargo
Containers are 40 foot containers The most commonare 20 foot sizes The smaller onescome in two containers.
A forty-foot container
8.6 ft
8 ft
A forty-foot container
40 ft 8 ft
8.6 ft
Containerized cargo
The amount a ship can hold is measured in TEUs. 1 TEU is one twenty-foot equivalent unit.
8.6 ft 8 ft 20 ft
A forty-foot container
40 ft 8 ft
8.6 ft
In pairs:
Determine which partner will be person A and which is person B Person A: Tell your partner what is a TEU? Person B: Tell your partner he or she is correct, or tell your partner the correct definition.
Multiply by the conversion factor. 1 TEUs 1 forty - foot 1 = 1 1TEUs 1 1 forty - foot 1 1 1= 1 1 1 1
1 = 1 TEUs 1
1 1 1 = 1 1 1
=1 meters
1 11= 1 1 .
1 1= 1 1 1 1
Practice
1.
A train has 100 forty-foot containers. How many TEUs are on the train?
2. The Hanjin Amsterdam will hold 5,618 TEUs. How many forty-foot containers on the ship?
Practice
1. A train has 100 forty-foot containers. How many TEUs are on the train?
Write the given units.
1 1 1= 1 1TEUs 1 1
Practice
2. The Hanjin Amsterdam will hold 5,618 TEUs. How many forty-foot containers on the ship? Write the given units.
Independent Practice
Complete the Dimensional Analysis Worksheet. First work alone Then compare answers with a partner to decide the correct answer Finally, the teacher will select various students to explain the problems