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Well, the magnitude of the acceleration will be stated in units of [ length/time2 ],

and the magnitude of the force will be stated in units of [ mass x length/time2 ].

How will you decide how to draw them, when they have different units ?

I think I recall the graduate pterodactyl who conducted my physics course

telling us that vectors could only be added or subtracted when they have

the same units.

(Of course, vectors had not yet been invented, but some of us caught ourselves

listening occasionally nonetheless, not only because we would have a heap of

explaining to do back in the cave if we flunked the course, but because words like

'differentiate' and 'vector' and 'transfer function' sounded so intrinsically sexy, we

believed we might have some use for them on the weekend.)

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