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Length Work and Energy: Conversion Factors

The document provides conversion factors for various units of measurement for length, mass, time, speed, force, work and energy, power, pressure, volume, angle, and standard metric prefixes. It also lists some basic mathematical formulas for area, circumference, surface area, volume, the Pythagorean theorem, trigonometric functions, laws of cosines and sines, and the quadratic formula.

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Length Work and Energy: Conversion Factors

The document provides conversion factors for various units of measurement for length, mass, time, speed, force, work and energy, power, pressure, volume, angle, and standard metric prefixes. It also lists some basic mathematical formulas for area, circumference, surface area, volume, the Pythagorean theorem, trigonometric functions, laws of cosines and sines, and the quadratic formula.

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Conversion Factors

Length Work and Energy


1 in.  2.54 cm 1 J  0.7376 ft lb  10 7 ergs
1 ft  0.3048 m 1 kcal  4186 J
1 mi  5280 ft  1.609 km 1 Btu  1055 J
1 m  3.281 ft 1 kWh  3.600  10 6 J
1 km  0.6214 mi 1 eV  1.602  1019 J
1 angstrom (Å)  1010 m
Power
Mass 1 hp  550 ft lb/s  745.7 W
1 slug  14.59 kg 1 W  0.7376 ft lb/s
1 kg  1000 grams  6.852  102 slug
Pressure
1 atomic mass unit (u)  1.6605  1027 kg
1 Pa  1 N/m 2  1.450  104 lb/in.2
(1 kg has a weight of 2.205 lb where the
acceleration due to gravity is 32.174 ft/s 2) 1 lb/in.2  6.895  10 3 Pa
1 atm  1.013  10 5 Pa  1.013 bar 
Time 14.70 lb/in.2  760 torr
1 d  24 h  1.44  10 3 min  8.64  10 4 s
1 yr  365.24 days  3.156  10 7 s Volume
1 liter  103 m 3  1000 cm 3  0.03531 ft 3
Speed 1 ft 3  0.02832 m 3  7.481 U.S. gallons
1 mi/h  1.609 km / h  1.467 ft/s  0.4470 m/s 1 U.S. gallon  3.785  103 m 3  0.1337 ft 3
1 km / h  0.6214 mi / h  0.2778 m/s  0.9113 ft/s
Angle
Force 1 radian  57.30°
1 lb  4.448 N 1°  0.01745 radian
1 N  10 5 dynes  0.2248 lb

Standard Prefixes Used


to Denote Multiples of Ten Basic Mathematical Formulas
Prefix Symbol Factor
Area of a circle  ␲r 2
Tera T 10 12 Circumference of a circle  2␲r
Giga G 10 9 Surface area of a sphere  4␲r 2
Mega M 10 6 Volume of a sphere  43  r 3
Kilo k 10 3 Pythagorean theorem: h2  ho2 ha2
Hecto h 10 2 Sine of an angle: sin ␪  ho /h
Deka da 10 1 Cosine of an angle: cos ␪  ha /h
Deci d 101 Tangent of an angle: tan ␪  ho /h a
Centi c 102 Law of cosines: c 2  a 2 b 2  2ab cos ␥
Milli m 103 Law of sines: a/sin ␣  b/sin ␤  c/sin ␥
Micro ␮ 106 Quadratic formula:
Nano n 109 If ax 2 bx c  0, then, x  (b  vb 2  4 ac)/(2a)
Pico p 1012
Femto f 1015

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