Time for Length

The Time to Produce, Consume or Covere a Length calculator computes the the period (`p`) of production or consumption for a total linear distance or length produced or consumed, based on the total length (l) and a rate of processing.  The rate is based on a unit of length (`lU`) and the time to produce or consume the unit (`dU`) (e.g. 2.6 nautical miles ever 23.4 hours)

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose your preferred length and time units and enter the following:

• (lU)  This is the unit length (e.g. 40 feet per unit)
• (dU) This is the amount of time to process one unit length (e.g. 2.3 minutes)
• (l)  This is the total length desired (e.g. 2.2 miles)

The Time to Produce a Length calculator computes the amount of time in seconds (s).   However, this can be automatically converted to other duration units (e.g. days, months, years) via the pull-down menu.  To compute the Length Produced over a Period of Time based on the unit length and time to produce the unit,CLICK HERE.

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Production examples:

• Cable company wants to know how long it will take to install 135 yards of cable if it can burry 450 yards(`lU`) of cable every 5 days(`dU`).  This calculator will compute 36 hours (`p`).  
• The captain of a ship wants to know how long it will take to go 610 nautical miles (NMI) if the ship sales at a rate of 122 nautical miles(`lU`)  at sea every day(`dU`).  This calculator computes five days (`p`). 

Consumption examples:

• A fabric factory wants to know how long it will take to use up a 19.2 meter spool of special silk thread if it is consumed at an average rate of 7800 meters(`lU`) of silk thread every month (`dU`).  This calculator computes 18 hour (`p`).
• A country wants to know how long it will take to loses 378 kilometers of its coast line to rising sea levels if it has determined a rate of loss of 12.6 km(`lU`) of coastline every year(`dU`).  This calculator computes an answer of 30 years (`p`). 

Production Calculator

The Production Calculator computes the cost in time or capital to buy, produce or consume commodities measured by number of units or by length, area, volume or weight.  It provides automatic conversions between different units for time, length, area, volume, mass and up to date currency conversions between several international currencies.

PRICE or Production Time by UNITS

• Time for Units: Computes time to process a number of units.
• Units over Time: Computes number of units processed over a period of time.
• Total Cost of Units: Computes total cost based on the number of units and the cost of a single unit.
• Unit Cost:  Computes the Average Unit Cost.

PRICE or Production Time by LENGTH

• Price per Length or Distance: Computes total cost for items measured by length or distance.
• Length over Time: Computes total length processed or traveled over time. 
• Time for Length: Computes time required to process or travel length or distance based on a rate.

PRICE or Production Time by AREA

• Price per Area: Computes total cost for items measured by area.  
• Area over Time: Computes the total area processed or traveled over time.  
• Time for Area: Computes time required to process an area based at a rate.

PRICE or Production Time by VOLUME

• Price per Volume: Computes total cost for items measured by volume.  
• Volume over Time: Computes total volume processed over time based a rate.  
• Time for Volume: Computes time required to process a volume based at a rate.

PRICE or Production Time by WEIGHT or MASS

• Price per Weight or Mass: Computes total cost for items measured by weight or mass.
• Weight or Mass over Time: Computes total weight or mass processed over time based on a rate. 
• Time for Weight or Mass: Computes time required to process a weight or mass based at a rate.

Amdahl's Law: Computes the speedup factor for a total task based on the speedup factor of a portion of the task and the percent of that portion in relation to the total task.

Time Dependent Calculators

• Time required to process an amount of data at a specific data processing rate
• Amount of time required to transfer an amount of data over a different types of networks
• Number of items (unit-less) produced over time
• Length or distance processed (produce or consume) over time
• Area processed (produced, covered or consumed) over time
• Volume processed (produced or consumed) over time
• Weight or mass processed (produced or consumed) over time
• Speedup Factor (aka Amdahl's Law)
• Compute Data Storage Needed
• Network Propagation Delay

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• Length or Distance Unit Conversions
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