q unit

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Isabelle Fontanilla 1I
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q unit

Postby Isabelle Fontanilla 1I » Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:08 pm

Should q(heat) be in kJ or J?

Sean Reyes 1J
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Re: q unit

Postby Sean Reyes 1J » Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:15 pm

I would take into account the context of the problem; if the problem uses kJ, then I would give an answer of heat with kJ as the unit. But if the problem used just J, then I would use J as the unit.
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