Examples

1- If a plane travels at the speed of sound (assume that the speed of sound is 1100 ft/s), how
fast is it going in miles per hour?

-First, let’s convert feet (ft) to miles (mi). From the table “Linear Measure Equivalents,”
1 mile is equal to 5280 ft (How to find it?? Think about it will discuss later) .

Therefore, using this conversion factor to convert feet to miles yields

Next, let’s convert from seconds to hours to obtain an answer with the desired units. You know
that there are 60 s in a minute and 60 min in an hour; therefore, 1 hr is equal to 3600 s. Thus

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Exercises
Using dimensional equations, convert (Using the vertical line)

1- 3 weeks to
a- Hours (h) (answer= 504 h)
b- Milliseconds (ms) (answer=18144 x 109 ms)

2- 554 m4 /(day kg) to

- cm4 /(min.g) (answer=3.85 x 104 Cm4 /(min.g)

3- 921 kg/m3 to
- lbm /ft3 ( answer= 57.5 lbm /ft3)

4- 760 miles/h to
- m/s ( answer=340 m/s )