Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • explain the difference between a theory and a law;
  • perform unit conversions using metric and traditional U.S. units;
  • compare and contrast accuracy and precision;
  • write numbers expressed in decimals as scientific notation and write numbers expressed in scientific notations as decimals; and
  • solve problems with the values of the most common metric prefixes.
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