Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
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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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