Problem

Example 4
Convert an acceleration of 10 ms2 to a value in kmh2

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Final Answer: The acceleration in kmh^-2 is 129600.

Steps

Step 1 :The acceleration is given in meters per second squared (ms^-2). We need to convert it to kilometers per hour squared (kmh^-2).

Step 2 :To do this, we need to convert meters to kilometers and seconds to hours.

Step 3 :1 meter = 0.001 kilometers

Step 4 :1 second = 1/3600 hours

Step 5 :So, we need to multiply the given acceleration by (0.001/1) for the distance conversion and by (1/3600)^2 for the time conversion.

Step 6 :accelerationms2=10

Step 7 :mtokm=0.001

Step 8 :stoh=0.0002777777777777778

Step 9 :accelerationkmh2=129600.0

Step 10 :Final Answer: The acceleration in kmh^-2 is 129600.

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