Checking For The Correct Units - HP -28S Manual

Next convert 10 cubic feet to gallons.
Clear the stack and enter the numerical value .
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CLEAR
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10
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ENTER
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Enter the unit string for Hcubic feeV
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ft
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ENTER
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2: 10
1: "ft
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8"
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Key in the unit for HUS gallon" and convert.
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gal
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CONVERT
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8:
2: 74.8051948052
1: '9al'
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The result shows that 10 cubic feet converts to 74.8051948052
gallons.
Checking for the Correct Units
Using incorrect units can lead to unexpected numerical results or to an
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ncons i s t en t Un its
error. The solution in either case is to check
the UNITS catalog or the HUNITS H section of the Reference Manual.
Unexpected numerical results can occur if you use a unit with the cor-
rect dimensions but an incorrect numerical value. For example, if you
convert one acre to
Hft"Y ,
the result is greater than 43,560. This oc-
curs because there are two
Hfoot
H units,
Hft"
(international foot) and
HftUS" (survey foot). Converting one acre to HftUS"2" returns exactly
43,560.
An I
ncons i s t en t Un its
error occurs if you use a unit with in-
correct dimensions. For example, this occurs if you use Hlb" (pound) as
a unit of force. The correct unit for force is nlbf" (pound-force).
146 14: Unit Conversion
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