[lojban-beginners] Re: On units and mekso

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Thursday 10 December 2009 16:49:57 Jorge Llambías wrote:
>
>> Only it's actually 3.75 newtons. :)
>
> That depends on whether "2 seconds to the second power" means 2 square seconds
> or the square of 2 seconds.

You push a 3 kg object on a frictionless surface for 2 seconds with
both hands, exerting the same constant force with each hand. The
object, which started at rest, moves 5 meters in that time. What is
the force exerted by each hand? The answer is precisely "3 kilograms
times 5 metres divided by 2 seconds to the second power equals 3.75
newtons".

In what context would the "2 square seconds" interpretation make
sense? Is the unit "square seconds" ever used for anything?

> Is "li mo'e lo ki'ogra" the same as "lo ki'ogra"?

If "li" and "mo'e" are converse converters, I guess they must be.

mu'o mi'e xorxes