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Date:         Wed, 10 May 2000 20:30:27 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Speedo Accuracy Discussion
Comments: To: Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
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At 22:06 5/10/2000, Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote:
>Maybe I flunked math,


Yup, you did. <g>  3600/mph will give you seconds, 3600/seconds gives you
mph.  For example, 75 mph <<>> 48 seconds.  If your wristwatch has a
"tachymeter" scale around the face -- used to be common before they figured
out all sorts of other useless things to put there -- you can read mph
direct off that.  That's the scale that starts at 60 at the top, and goes
counterclockwise to 800 or so.


david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
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