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Grade 10General Physics

how to convert si units to cgs units and cgs units to si units

Profile image of dvm srikant
16 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Bharadwaj Machiraju
16 Years ago

if u know the dimensional formula of the physical quantitiy then u can convert it .

Profile image of xyz xz
15 Years ago

by using dimesional formula one can convert into any system and its very easy too

For Ex: the dimensional formaula of area of rectangle id L2

      i.e. In SI units it is m2 where as in cgs u its it is cm2

Profile image of Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
9 Years ago
1kg= 1000g1m=100cm1min= 60 sec. etc.If you know all this conversions and many more along with dimensional formula you can convert any physical quantity into SI units