
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133593211
Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.1, Problem 1CC
Express the following values using an appropriate Sl prefix such that there are only one, two, or three digits shown to the left of the decimal.
Standard | With Prefix |
(a) 3,100 joules [J] | |
(b) 26,510,000 watts [W] | |
(c) 459.000 seconds (s] | |
(d) 0.00000032 grams [g] | |
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