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The measurement of a physical quantity consists of two parts, magnitude and ______________


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  1. A physical quantity is a quantity that can be measured.
  2. Examples of physical quantities are mass, amount of substance, length, time, temperature, electric current, light intensity, force, velocity, density.
  3. The measurement of a physical quantity consists of two parts, magnitude, and unit.
  4. For example, in 12 inches. ‘12’ is the magnitude and ‘inches’ is the unit.

Hence, The measurement of a physical quantity consists of two parts, magnitude, and unit.


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