Metric Units of Resistance

The design of resistive elements for various areas of application, including thin-film resistors and integrated circuits, uses metric units for the quantities of Eq. (1). where $\rho = \text{CM-Ω/ft at T=20 ℃}$
$l = \text{Length(feet)}$
$A= \text{Area (in circular mils (CM))}$
In SI units, the resistivity would be measured in ohm-meters, the area in square meters, and the length in meters. However, the meter is generally too large a unit of measure for most applications, and so the centimeter is usually employed. The resulting dimensions for Eq. (1) are therefore
$$\rho : \text{ ohm-centimeters}$$ $$l : \text{ Length(centimeters)}$$ $$A : \text{ square centimeters}$$ The units for $\rho$ can be derived from