Grade 11 Physics · Units in flight
The ×3.6 bridge
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The ×3.6 bridge

Two speeds rule the road: physics thinks in m/s\mathrm{m/s}, road signs shout in km/h\mathrm{km/h}. The bridge between them is exact: an hour is 3600 s and a kilometre is 1000 m, and 3600/1000 = 3.6. So 1 m/s=3.6 km/h1\ \mathrm{m/s} = 3.6\ \mathrm{km/h} — m/s to km/h multiplies by 3.6, km/h to m/s divides.

The rule that saves marks: convert BEFORE the sockets. A formula's units only cancel when every input agrees, and a km/h number dropped into an m-and-s machine is the single most common exam wound. From here on, some questions hand you the wrong flavour on purpose.