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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:59:12 -0000 (UTC)
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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