Difference between revisions of "Conversion Factors" - Rhea

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Conversion Factors
Length
$\begin{array}{lcl} 1 \mbox{ kilometer (km) } & = & 1000 \mbox{ meter (m) } \\ 1 \mbox{ meter (m) } & = & 100 \mbox{ centimeter (cm) } \\ 1 \mbox{ centimeter (cm) } & = & 10^{-2} \mbox{ m } \\ 1 \mbox{ millimeter (mm) } & = & 10^{-3} \mbox{ m } \\ 1 \mbox{ millimicron} ( m \mu ) & = & 10^{-9} \mbox{ m } \\ 1 \mbox{ angstrom (A) } & = & 10^{-10} \mbox{ m } \\ \end{array}$
Surface
$\begin{array}{lcl} 1 \mbox{ square meter } (m^2) & = & 10,76 \mbox{ ft}^2 \\ \end{array}$

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 \begin{array}{lcl}
 \mbox{ kilometer (km) } & = & 1000 \mbox{ meter (m) } \\
-\mbox{ meter (m) } & = & 109 \mbox{ centimeter (cm) } \\
+\mbox{ meter (m) } & = & 100 \mbox{ centimeter (cm) } \\
 \mbox{ centimeter (cm) } & = & 10^{-2} \mbox{ m } \\
 \mbox{ millimeter (mm) } & = & 10^{-3} \mbox{ m } \\
 \mbox{ millimicron} ( m \mu )  & = & 10^{-9} \mbox{ m } \\
 \mbox{ angstrom (A) } & = & 10^{-10} \mbox{ m } \\
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 ! style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" colspan="2" |  Surface
 |-
-| align="right" style="padding-right: 1em;" | Binomial random variable with parameters n and p
+||<math>
-| <math>\,E[X] = np,\ \ Var(X) = np(1-p)\,</math>
+\begin{array}{lcl}
+\mbox{ square meter } (m^2)  & = & 10,76 \mbox{ ft}^2 \\
+\end{array}
+</math>
 |-
-| align="right" style="padding-right: 1em;" | Poisson random variable with parameter <math>\lambda</math>
-| <math>\,E[X] = \lambda,\ \ Var(X) = \lambda\,</math>
-|-
-| align="right" style="padding-right: 1em;" | Exponential random variable with parameter <math>\lambda</math>
-| <math>\,E[X] = \frac{1}{\lambda},\ \ Var(X) = \frac{1}{\lambda^2}\,</math>
 |}