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Physics 1100 In-Class Problems: Math Review

  1. Convert the following:
    (a) 72 km/h to metres per second (m/s).
    (b) 17.00 years to seconds.
    (c) 3.5 km2 to square metres.
    (d) 33.0 cm2 to cubic metres
    (e) 2.55 g/cm2 to kg/m2
    (f) 35 m2/h to cm2/s

  2. In the triangles below, determine the length of the missing side using Pythagoras' theorem. Determine the angles in each triangle.




  3. Compute the following:
    (a) 0.989 × 104 × 2.456 × 102
    (b) 4.37 × 102 ÷ 3.21 × 102
    (c) 2.246 × 105 + 7.81 × 104

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