document.write( "Question 522785: When would you use unit conversion in math?
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When would you use unit conversion in math?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "When you want to convert from some unit to another.
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\n" ); document.write( "20 mph(1 hr/3600 sec)(5280 ft/1 mile) = (20*1*5280)/(1*3600*1)(ft/sec)
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\n" ); document.write( "= 105600/3600 (ft/sec)
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\n" ); document.write( "= 29 1/3 ft/sec
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