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acceleration due to gravity, which is a constant named _g). Convert the result from
newtons to kilograms of force.
Steps and keystrokes Display
1. Display the MODE dialog box, Page 3. For
Unit System mode, select SI for the metric
system of measurements.
Results are displayed according to these
default units.
Press 3 … B 1 ¸
2. Create an acceleration unit for
meters/second2 named _ms2.
The UNITS dialog box lets you select units
from an alphabetical list of categories.
You can use 2D and 2C to scroll
one page at a time through the
categories.
If you use the UNITS dialog box to select a
unit, the _ is entered automatically. Now,
instead of re-entering _m/_s2 each time
you need it, you can use _ms2. Also, you
can now use the UNITS dialog box to
select _ms2 from the Acceleration
category.
Press 2 À D B M ¸ e 2
À D D D D B S ¸ Z 2 9 8
5 2 ™ MS j 2 ¸