Chemistry A-Level
Determination of units by unit cancellation
What Determination of units by unit cancellation means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Determination of units by unit cancellation
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Found by cancelling the units of the numerator against those of the denominator, recognising when the expression is dimensionless.
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