public double toDerivedUnit(final double amount) throws ConversionException {
        if (!(_unit instanceof DerivableUnit)) {
            throw new ConversionException(this, getDerivedUnit());
        }
        return ((DerivableUnit) _unit).toDerivedUnit(amount * getScale());
    }
public double toDerivedUnit ( final double amount ) throws ConversionException { if ( ! ( _unit instanceof DerivableUnit ) ) { throw new ConversionException ( this , getDerivedUnit ( ) ) ; } return ( ( DerivableUnit ) _unit ) . toDerivedUnit ( amount * getScale ( ) ) ; }
Converts a numeric value from this unit to the underlying derived unit.

@param amount
The numeric value in this unit.
@return The equivalent value in the underlying derived unit.
@throws ConversionException
Can't convert value to the underlying derived unit.