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Give an example of

(a) A physical quantity which has a unit but no dimensions


(b) A physical quantity which has neither unit nor dimensions


(c) A constant which has a unit


(d) A constant which has no unit

(a) A physical quantity which has a unit but no dimension is the angle.


Angle is dimensionless quantity, since:



[ ] is the notation used for dimension.




Hence, the angle is dimensionless quantity.


SI Unit of angle is Radians (rad).


(b) A physical quantity which has neither unit nor dimension is a strain.


The strain is dimensionless quantity.




Also, the strain has no unit.


(c) A constant which has a unit is the speed of light in a vacuum (c)


We know that the speed of light in vacuum is a constant, value given below



And has a unit of meter per second that is the unit of speed.


(d) A constant which has no unit is proton to electron mass ratio.


In physics, the dimensionless physical constant has no units.



Dimension:


Hence is dimensionless and also is unit less.


Now, kg


And kg


So,


Hence proton to electron mass ratio is dimensionless constant along with no unit.


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