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Converting from what, to what? The SI (metric) unit of force is Newtons. Usually written as N. As with all SI units with big or small numbers, prefixes can be added on to it. E.g 1000 Newtons would be 1 kilo-Newton or 1 kN. Kilo meaning 1000. 0.001 Newtons would be 1 milli-Newton or 1 mN...etc. The beauty of the SI system is that all the units are easily interchangeable For example, the unit of torque is the Newton-metre which is equivalent to 1 N of force being exerted 1 metre from a fixed point, this can be interpreted as 2 newtons being exerted 50 cm from the fixed point of 0.1N 10 metres from the point. All the SI units of measurement are based on 4 primary values, Force, Length, Time and Angle. For example speed is usually expressed everyday as kilometres per hour. 1km/h = 1000/3600 m/s. 1000 m in a km and 3600 seconds in an hour. Therefore 1 km/h = 0.27778 m/s

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