
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 7, Problem 20RQ
The Units Society Empire (USE) had defined the following set of "new" units: 1 foot [ft] = 10 toes. Convert 45 toes to units of meters [m].
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