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April 5, 2022
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Integration output in wrong units

  • April 5, 2022
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In Mathcad 15.0, integration is giving me an answer with units when it should be unitless:

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The last line shows the function gives a unitless result as expected.

Best answer by AlanStevens

f is certainly unitless, but when you multiply by dx (a distance), as you do in integrating, the result has units.

 

Alan

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19-Tanzanite
April 5, 2022

f is certainly unitless, but when you multiply by dx (a distance), as you do in integrating, the result has units.

 

Alan