Physical Science
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077862626
Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 30AC
Quantities, or measured properties, that are capable of changing values are called _
a. data.
b. variables.
c. proportionality constants.
c. dimensionless constants.
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