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Chapter 1
measurement
From model
KEY POINT
a ×10b
(b) Similarly,
3
1m 5
15 cm 15 cm
3 3
1.5 10 m 3
.
100 cm
(a) s
(b) m
(c) m s−1
(d) s−1
T cm l g x y z
C is a dimensionless coefficient.
z
L
[T ] [ M ] [ L] 2 , that is,
x y
T
y z 2 z
[T ] [M ] [ L] x
[T ] .
x0
y
1 l
2
T c
g
1
z
2
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