how are the units for physical constants determined?

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It seems like the units for the constants are determined just by cancelling units in the equation that aren’t wanted in the answer. This seems unscientific to me though so it feels like there must be a more thorough way

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That’s exactly how it is and it can in effect work as a mathematical proof.

Eg speed is distance ( in m) / time in (s) this gives us a unit of m/s

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