fungulo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 how do you convert km/h to m/s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 There are a thousand meters in one kilometer, so you can divide your number in km/h by 1,000 to get m/h. There are 3,600 seconds in an hour (60 x 60), so you then multiply by 3,600 to get m/s. Simple way: [math]\text{m/s} = \text{km/h} \times \frac{3600}{1000}[/math] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 You don't really really need all that formula. To convert m/s to km/h just multiply with 3.6 and to convert km/s to m/s just divide with 3.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 You don't really really need all that formula. To convert m/s to km/h just multiply with 3.6 and to convert km/s to m/s just divide with 3.6 Which is exactly the same thing, just written differently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Which is exactly the same thing, just written differently!OK, I know that and I know you know that too, but it's much simpler, that's why I posted it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 But conveys less information, if you know the method you can apply to other unit sets... I'm just being annoying btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 You don't really really need all that formula. To convert m/s to km/h just multiply with 3.6 and to convert km/s to m/s just divide with 3.6 Bad idea, it is very important that he understand unit conversion. He should then be able to convert any types of units, and to derive formulas like the one you posted for doing more than one conversion at once. Oh, and technically you are multiplying by 3.6 s/m km/h, and you don't replace any units later And it should also be pointed out that unit conversion is a special case of multiplying by 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Bad idea, it is very important that he understand unit conversion. He should then be able to convert any types of units, and to derive formulas like the one you posted for doing more than one conversion at once. Oh, and technically you are multiplying by 3.6 s/m km/h, and you don't replace any units later I would agree on this Mr Skeptic, but in this particular case unit conversion is actually pretty simple, basic physics stuff, so I guess the OP will have no problem on doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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