kvc is a unit of measure i suppose common to european countries.  how do i convert kvc values to foot pounds?
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Force here in the USA is measured in Foot-pounds.\n\nEuopean measurement of force is either in Newtons or Kg-meter.\nThere is 2.2Lb per 1kg which equals 9.8N which equals 1Kp
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to convert from pounds to kg, divide by 2.2\nto convert from kg to pounds, multiply by 2.2\n\n55 kg = 121 pounds\n154 pounds = 70 kg
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Depends on what they are filled with.  If it is saline, salt water then a cc of water has a mass of 1 gram.  To convert 1 kilogram to pounds, multiply by 2.2
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Go to:\n\nhttp://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm\n\nIt's a great site for conversions. I hope I helped! =)
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I think the simple answer is because they can't be bothered.\n\nThey have grown up using inches and feet and miles etc and learning a whole new set of units is too much effort.\n\nIn the UK we have been undergoing a process of changeover since the 1830s or so.  Metric units had to be used in schools from the 1950s but still old people use imperial.  The majority of people know about metric but don't use it enough to get used to it.  I have never met anyone who actually knows their weight in Kg.
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Weight in KiloGram = 0.45359237 x Weight. In Pounds\nWeight. In Pounds   = 2.20462262 x Weight in KiloGram
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Foot-pound and pound-foot mean the same thing but I think it comes from usually we write torque as distance time force, so we put "foot" first (instead of force times distance, which is the same but anyway...).  \n\nHowever, the newton-meter (N-m) is preferred in metric, as a few pointed out.  A N-m is also exactly equal to one Joule (J), the metric unit for energy.  \n\nNow a ft-lb could be converted to a N-m ( I have no idea the conversion factor off the top of my head) in which case a ft-lb is equal to a certain amount of Joules, or energy.  \n\nIt seems odd that torque and energy have the same energy-based unit, but they do subtly refer to different things.  Another mechanics formula relate energy as force integrated over a distance.  If the force is constant, then the energy is force time distance = Joules.  Torque is force applied at a distance from a point of rotation, and therefore also coincidentally gives N-m or J as a unit, but is developed in a different way!
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England....they predate the metric system, for example a "foot" is roughly the length of an adult male's foot.\nNot sure why we don't use the metric system.  There was a big push to switch when I was in elementary school, but it never happened.
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1 pound = 0.454 kilograms
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Weight is define by your mass times the acceleration due to gravity where you are.  So you mass is the same anywhere in the universe but your weight will be effected by where you are.  Now what is weight measured in?  This is dependent on the units you use for mass and acceleration.  Using kilograms for mass and m/s^2 for acceleration you will get newtons.  Use slugs and ft/s^2 you get a pound-force.  Using a standard equivalence between pounds and kilograms you get kilogram-force.  Many people think kilograms is a measure of weight when it really is not, its kilograms-force.  There should be somewhere on most scales that will show a lbf or kgf instead of just lb or kg.  Newtons is the standard SI unit of measure though.\n\nEdit: when i say acceleration, i mean acceleration due to gravity.  Weight *is* a unit of force.\n\nhoarp001:  Weight is a unit of force, all the units you put there are units of mass, not weight.\n\nzeno : "From other experiments, we know that g, or acceleration by free fall is actually an acceleration of 9.8N at sea level"  G is acceleration due to gravity.  According to your "9.8N" your mass would be a kg*N, not newtons.  Pay attention to your units, especially since he was asking a unit question.  Standard SI would be 9.8 meters / second^2, CGS would be 980 centimeters / second^2.  If using standard engineering units, it would be 32 feet / second^2.  Bascially anything that is a length per time ^2.
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14lbs\n\nStone (weight)\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\nJump to: navigation, search\n\nA stone is a unit of mass in the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries. It is equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois, or 6.35029318 kilograms.\n\nThough no longer an official unit of measure – in medical and other technical contexts kilograms are used – the stone remains almost universally popular for use in Britain and Ireland as a means of expressing human body weight. People in these countries would normally describe themselves as weighing, for example, "11 stone 4" (11 stone and 4 pounds).\n\nIt was also frequently used in the past for weighing agricultural commodities. Potatoes, for example, were traditionally sold in stones or half-stones (14-pound or 7-pound quantities).\n\nIn the United States and Canada, where stone as a unit of weight is generally unknown, people would normally describe themselves as weighing "158 pounds" (using the same amount of weight as in the previous example). This usage of pounds alone to express body weight is very unusual in Britain and Ireland.
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the way i do conversions is this. you know that 1kg = 1000g right? and 10mm = 1cm. so that means 1kg/1000g = 1 = 10mm/1cm. so you multiply the equation by 1 repeatedly until you get the units you want. \n\n3.435kg/mm^3 * 1000g/1kg * 10mm/1cm * 10mm/1cm * 10mm/1cm\n\nyou have to make sure the units you dont need all cancel out. in this case, the kg gets taken out and the mm should get taken out too. i dont know if u get this but ya. \nso the answer is 3435000g/cm^3\nlet me know if u needm roe help or whatever. laterz
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Convert km to meters to centimeters to inches.\n\n1 km = 1000 meters\n1 meter = 100 centimeters\n2.54 centimeter = 1 inches\n\nthus there are 73 * 1000 * 100 / 2.54 inches
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One kilogram is equal to 2.204622622 pounds
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1 pound = 0.45359237 kilogram\n\nUse the link below to get other conversions!
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http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/\n\nhas a converter for unit conversion.\n\n1 foot = 30.48 cm\n\n154cm = 5.052feet
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Pound may refer to\n\nPound (weight), various units of mass or weight \nPound-force, a unit of force \nPound (currency), a unit of currency in several countries. The name may have arisen from a pound in money originally being the value of a pound weight of silver. \nBritish Pound sterling or GBP (Great Britain Pound, represented by the pound sign: "£"), issued by the Bank of England for use in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There are also a number of related currencies at a fixed 1:1 exchange rates issued in other parts of the British Isles and British overseas territories: \nSaint Helenian pound \nFalkland pound in the Falkland Islands \nIsle of Man pound \nGibraltar pound \nGuernsey pound \nJersey pound \nCyprus pound \nEgyptian pound \nLebanese pound \nSyrian pound \nFormer currencies \nAustralian pound \nIrish pound \nIsraeli pound \nMaltese pound, renamed the lira in 1983. \nNew Zealand pound \nNigerian pound, replaced by naira \nSouth African pound, replaced by rand \nSudanese pound, replaced by the Sudanese Dinar \nWest African pound \nThe number sign, #, is sometimes referred to as the pound sign in North America \nAnimal shelters are sometimes known as pounds, as in the dog pound \nEzra Pound, a modernist poet and critic \nThere are a few places named Pound in the United States:\n\nPound Ridge, New York \nPound, Virginia \nPound, Wisconsin \nPound (town), Wisconsin