Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133593211
Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 8, Problem 17ICA
In the Spring of 2004, NASA discovered a new planet beyond Pluto named Sedna. In the news report about the discovery, the temperature of Sedna was reported as “never rising above −400 degrees.” What are the units of the reported temperature? Justify your choice.
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U. =
mv?
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Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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