Re: [Phys-l] unit conversions

[Brian Blais <bblais@bryant.edu>]

On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:24 , ludwik kowalski wrote:

> On Feb 20, 2009, at 2:30 PM, David Appell wrote:
>
> > "Bill Nettles" wrote:
> > > Like I tell my students, you have to pay attention to units and do
> > > the unit conversions.
> >
> > Here's something that will change your life:
> >
> > Go to Google and type "50 mph in km/sec" and hit return.
> >
> > It will tell you the answer. It will do nearly any unit conversion  
> > you
> > can imagine. I don't think it's ever let me down once.
> >
> > David
>
> 1) I just tried this a got this message:
>
> No results found for "50 mph in km/sec".

don't put the quotes.  if you just type in the google prompt:

50 mph in km/sec

it will work.


			bb

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