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If we are just looking at numbers with no units attached there is no difference. As soon as there are units, a difference arises. I will collect 12 apples 5 ti
by anbende 6y ago
If we are just looking at numbers with no units attached there is no difference. As soon as there are units, a difference arises.
I will collect 12 apples 5 times. The 12 apples are the multiplicand and the 5 times is the multiplier.
The answer retains the units from the multiplicand.
- np_tedious 6y agoStill don't see the difference. Density times volume is mass. Volume times density is mass. Distance times force is work/energy... "5 times I will connect 12 apples"
- KMag 6y agoYou're correct. The GP in incorrect about their dimensional analysis. 5 apples 12 times yields apples because it's apples times a dimensionless scalar (count). Newtons times meters is always Newton-meters, never Newtons or meters. Units are never magically dropped in dimensional analysis.