speed = distance / time
acceleration = [ speed ] / time = [ distance / time ] / time = distance / time2
force = mass * [ acceleration ] = mass * [ distance / time2 ] = mass * distance / time2
work = [ force] * distance = [ mass * distance / time2 ] * distance = mass * distance2 / time2
power = [ work ] / time = [ mass * distance2 / time2 ] / time = mass * distance2 / time3
Mass is measured in kilograms.
Distance is measured in meters.
Time is measured in seconds.
power = mass * distance2 / time3 = mass * distance2 * time-3 = kg * m2 * s-3
power = kg * m2 * s-3
Check: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt (in the box on the right it has the SI base units representation)
Euclid gave us a definition of a "rectangular parallelogram" – a "right-angled parallelogram" which we now call a "rectangle" – that does not exclude squares, and this was written around 300 BC (much longer than 55 years ago!).
See:_ | Elements Book II | _and_ | Elements Book II Definitions 1 and 2 | |||||
And: | Elements Book I | and | Elements Book I Proposition 34 | (where he talks about a parallelogram) |
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