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Derived units do not have a single 'look'. They are produced from the base units of a measuring system such as the SI system.

In the SI system there are seven base units which are;

Metre

Kilogram

Second

Ampere

Kelvin

Mole

Candela

All other units are DERIVED units.

For example the units for volume is the cubic metre and density is derived from the metre and kilogram. So density is kilograms per cubic metre in the SI system.

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