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a group of standard units and their combinations
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SYSTEM OF UNITS
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Based on atomic standards and its modernized version is called SI system, from the French Systeme International d’ Unites (International System of Units)
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Metric System
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2 Variations of Metric System
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meter-kilogram-second
centimeter - gram - second
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length
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meter
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mass
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kilogram
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time
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second
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electrical current
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ampere
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temperature
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Kelvin
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amount of substance
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mole
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luminous intensity
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candela
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yotta (Y)
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10^24
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zeta (Z)
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10^21
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exa (E)
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10^18
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peta (P)
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10^15
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tera (T)
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10^12
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giga (G)
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10^9
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mega (M)
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10^6
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kilo (k)
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10^3
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hecto (h)
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10^2
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deka (da)
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10
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deci (d)
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10^(-1)
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centi (c)
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10^(-2)
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milli (m)
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10^(-3)
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micro
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10^(-6)
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nano
10^(-9)
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pico (p)
10^(-12)
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femto (f)
10^(-15)
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atto (a)
10^(-18)
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zepto (z)
10^(-21)
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yocto
10^(-24)
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also known as British system or fps (foot-pound-second), was standardized in England and sometimes based on the body parts
English System
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565 900 seconds into days
6.55 days
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17 years into minutes
8 935 200.00 minutes
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43 miles into feet
227 040.00 ft
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165 pounds into kilograms
74.25 kg
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100 yards into meters
91.46 meters
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22, 647 inches into miles
0.36 mile
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2678 cm into feet
87.86 ft
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60 miles per hour into meters per second
27.27 m/s
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130 meters per hour into miles per hour
286.00 miles/hour
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1100 feet per second into miles per hour
750 miles/hour
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53 yards per hour into inches per week
320 544.00 inches per week
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1 hour = seconds
3600 seconds
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1 meter = feet
3.28 feet
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1kg = lbs
2.2 lbs
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1 m/s = miles per hour
2.2 miles per hour
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1 mile = feet
5280 feet
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1 lb = kg
0.45 kg
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1 yard = feet
3 feet
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1 light second = meters
300 000 000 meters
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1 quart = liters
0.946 liters
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1 inch = 2.54 cm = mm
25.4 mm
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