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What are fundamental physical quantities?


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  1. A physical quantity is defined as a quantity that can be measured with the help of some measuring device.
  2. All physical quantities are broadly classified into two categories- fundamental physical quantities and derived physical quantities.
  3. Fundamental physical quantities - These are those quantities that are unique and do not depend on any other quantity.
  4. There are seven fundamental quantities - length, mass, time, temperature, quantity of a substance, current, and luminous intensity.

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