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Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2018 Section A 3 Solution by
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Use dimensions for mass, length and time. The reduced Planck constant, gravitational constant and speed of light have dimensionsFor to have the dimensions of a length, dimensional analysis requiresThe first equation gives ; the third gives . Substitution in the second gives . HenceWith , and , the Planck length isThe proposed monomial fixes the dimensionless prefactor to one; dimensional analysis on its own cannot select an arbitrary dimensionless multiplier.
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