Dimensional Analysis

Solve the problems using dimensional analysis. Show your work using dimensional analysis
for full credit. Your work should look similar to the examples shown in the class notes.

_______ 1. Convert 2 weeks to seconds.

2 weeks x (7 days/1 week) x (24 hours/1 day) x (3600 second/1 hour) = 1,210,000 or 1.21x106

_______ 2. Jules Verne wrote a book called Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Convert

20,000 leagues to fathoms. Some useful equivalents are listed below.

12 in = 1 ft

3 ft = 1 yd

1 fathom = 2 yards

1 statute mile = 5280 ft

1 nautical mile = 6080 ft

1 league = 3 nautical miles

20,000 leagues x (3 nautical mile/1 league) x (6080 ft/1nautical mile) x (1 yard/3 ft) x (1 fathom
/2 yards) = 60,800,000 or 6.08x107 fathoms

________ 3. Given the following equivalents, make the following conversion:

1 knop = ? knips
4 clips = 5 blips

1 knop = 6 bippy

3 blip = 18 pringle

1 clip = 10 knip

10 bippy = 8 pringle

1 knop x (6 bippy/1 knop) x (8 pringle/10 bippy) x (3 blip/18 pringle) x (4 clips/5blips) x (10

knips/1 clip) = 6.4 knips