Van Castillo

Units and Kinematics

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Unit_Analysis.jpg

For those that are curious of what this is, it is the beginnings of a flow chart to help you discern the relatedness of the basic units of physics. I will work to make it more intuitive when I have the free time. For those visual learners, notice how the units progress in a hop-scotch manner. Well hope this helps, it was an image I seen earlier when I was learning Physics in HS but forgot about it when other subjects filled the head. Here are explanations to the symbols:

  • Equals signs mean exactly that.
  • Maroon lines with an X means MULTIPLICATION.
  • Orange lines with dots means DIVISION or unitX OVER unitY.
  • Rudimentary units are boxed and filled in white (distance, mass, time, charge).

There is definitely a link but I just havent discerned the entire derivative/integral relationships of speed all the way up to volts.

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