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Convert 120 kW to W? MW?

User Greg Tatum
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Answer: 120000 W and 0.12 MW

Explanation:

The expression 120 kW uses a metric prefix "k" (kilo) which is the same as multiply by 1000. So you can replace k by 1000 to convert the expression to the unit W.

120 kW= 120(1000) W= 120000 W.

To convert 120kW to MW, where the prefix M (mega) is equivalent to 1000000, you can use a conversion factor like (1 MW / 1000 kW) and multiply the expression by it.

Notice that (1 MW / 1000 kW) = 1, so the expression remains unaltered.

Then,

120 kW (1 MW / 1000 kW) = 0.12 MW

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