Alpinfox Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 (edited) [quote[Alpinfox note m/s/s is more correct notation than m/s*s ])? I don't think so... s/s = 1 whereas "s*s" or "sXs" or "s^two" is = s squared. Notice I had to use "two" because the #two button on my keyboard doesn't work which also means I can type the "at" symbol for email addresses. This sucks. Time to call Dell and wait on hold for an hour and half. I am so Edited January 10, 2004 by chucK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Sorry, you are wrong. s/s = 1 but m/s/s does not equal m/1 (note m/s*s = m = m/1). Try punching m/s/s and m/s*s into a calculator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummox Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 (m/s)/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Alpinfox said, "my 2 button my keyboard is broken, so..." What an idiot! Just cut and paste a '2' or an "@" symbol from somewhere else. No excuses. Lummox's notation is the correct form. "Meters per second...per second" or (m/s) x (1/s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Yeah, but I was doing it without parentheses, because my parentheses keys are broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 so why does Alpinfox's original post say "edited by ChucK"? are both of the #2 keys on your keyboard inoperative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 (edited) I moved it from a trip reports forum and edited the title. And he'd still need the @ key. Edited January 10, 2004 by chucK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted January 11, 2004 Author Share Posted January 11, 2004 OK OK I see that m/s*s is wrong. I meant m/(s*s) or Lummox's masterpiece works too... Order of operations! DUH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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