AS120 / PHY130 / TUTORIAL 1 / MAC18-JULY18 / NSZ

TUTORIAL 1
UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

1. Name two basic quantities.

2. Convert 8.5 in3 to m3. Given 1 in = 2.54 cm. [Ans: 1.39 x10-4 m3]

3. The diameter of the Moon is 3480 km. What is the volume of the Moon? [Ans: 2.21
x1010 km3]

4. Convert the following derived quantities to the units given,

(i) 50 km/h to m/s, [Ans: 1.39 x101 m/s]
(ii) 10 cm2 to m2, [Ans: 1.0 x10-3 m2]
(iii) 6 A to μA. [Ans: 6.0 x10-6 μA]

5. Convert 23 ms-1 to kmh-1. [Ans: 8.28 x101 km/h]

6. Convert the following derived quantities to the units given.

(i) 6400 km to cm [Ans: 6.4 x108 cm]
(ii) 10 cm3 to m3 [Ans: 1.0 x10-5 m3]

7. Convert the following derived quantities to the units given,

(i) 18 ms-1 to kms-1 [Ans: 1.8 x10-2 km/s]
(ii) 20 m3 to cm3 [Ans: 2.0 x107 cm3]

8. A tank is filled with 10 liter volume of water. Express 10 liter in m3. [Ans: 1.0 x10-2 m3]

9. Convert 1 km/h to m/s. [Ans: 2.78 x10-1 m/s]

10. Given, the speed of light is 3.0 x 108 ms-1. What would be in miles hr-1?(1 hr = 3600s,
1 miles = 1609 m) [Ans: 6.7 x108 miles/hr]

11. Convert 40 g mm-3 to S.I unit kg m-3. [Ans: 4.0 x107 kgm-3]

12. Impulse is a quantity that is equal to force multiplied by time. If the dimensions of force
are [M][L][T-2], what are the dimensions of impulse?

13. What is the dimension of k so that the equation Momentum = kx density is dimensionally
consistent

v2
14. The mathematical relationship between three physical quantities is given by x 
b
where x and v are displacement and velocity respectively. Find the dimension of b.

15. The energy stored in a wire of cross sectional area, A when it is stretched from I to I+x
EAx2
is given by W 
2I
i) the dimension for E, the Young modulus.
ii) the SI unit for E
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16. What are the dimensions of density, which is mass per volume?

17. The equation v = At3- Bt is dimensionally correct, where v and t represent velocity
andtime respectively. What are the dimensions of A and B?

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18. Show that x  v0 t  at 2 is dimensionally correct, assuming x is a distance, a isan
2
acceleration, t is time and v0 is velocity.

19. For pressure, P = F/A where F is the force acts on a surface with its area, Aand P = ρgh
where g is the gravitational acceleration, ρ is the density ofmaterial and h is the height
of certain point in the material. Show it indimension method that these two equations is
true.

20. A certain physical quantity, R, is calculated using the formula: R = 4a2(b - c) wherea, b,
and c are distances. What is the SI unit for R?

21. An equation for a certain physical quantity, A is given as follows A2 = A02 +2BC. If the
units for B and C are rad and rads-2 respectively, what is the unit for A?

22. The position, y, of an object is given by the equation y = A + Bt +Ct, where t refers to
time. What are the dimensions of A, B, and C respectively?

b2
23. The mathematical relationship between three physical quantities is given by a  . If
c
the dimension of b is
L and the dimension of c is L . What is the dimension of a?
T 

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