Chapter 3, Problem 7PE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To determine the time of arrival in Osaka when you leave Tokyo at 9:00 AM based on Japanese bullet trains travel the 345 miles between Tokyo and Osaka at an average speed of 150 miles per hour.

Concept introduction:

The measurement is a characteristic number to the object that can be compared with other object. The scope of the measurement depends upon the context and event. Measurement is commonly used as the international system of unit as a comparison framework. The system has 7 fundamental units’ like kilogram, meter, candela, ampere, kelvin and mole. The metric system is a decimal system of the measurement based on the units for the length, meter, the mass, the kilogram. It exists in several forms with various choices of the basic units. The metric system indicates a single basic unit for number of physical quantities. Other quantities are derived from the SI units.