Sujet : Re: OT: Converting miles/km
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : sci.lang alt.usage.englishDate : 12. Dec 2024, 00:59:12
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On 2024-09-19, Christian Weisgerber <
naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
Yes, the natural logrithm of 5 approximates the conversion factor
between miles and kilometers; specifically one mile is about ln(5)
kilometers.
PS:
"The Maritime Approximation"
https://xkcd.com/3023/ pi mph = e knots
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de