Re: Conversion factors

Re: Conversion factors

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• Subject: Re: Conversion factors
• From: "J.P. McClain" <JPMcClain@COLINT.COM>
• Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 08:39:48 -0600
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• Reply-To: "J.P. McClain" <JPMcClain@COLINT.COM>

are you sure its not under both?  you _can_ convert pounds to mass,
assuming the earth's gravity.  If there really isn't a pound under
force, you can do Pounds->Kilograms and then by Weight=Mass*g do
W=Kilograms*10m/s^2 which is of course gives newtons

J.P.

danlarsen@CENTURYINTER.NET wrote:
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but can anybody correct me on a mistake I believe
> I found on the TI-85?  Under conversion factors, "pounds" is listed under
> mass.  Pounds is technically a force.  So, how do you change from pounds to
> newtons (the metric force)?
>
> -Dan

• Re: Conversion factors
• From: Bhuvanesh Bhatt <bbhatt1@TIGER.TOWSON.EDU>

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