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Author: Nicholas Giordano
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 1P
In SI units, velocity is measured in units of meters per second (m/s). Which of the following combinations of units can also be used to measure velocity?
- (a) cm/s
- (b) cm/s2
- (c) m3/(mm2 · s2)
- (d) km/s
- (e) miles per hour
- (f) km/hour
- (g) miles/cm
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