As an aside ... the problem has already answered but a general unit-conversion tip for next time ...
The best method that I have come across for thinking about unit conversion is to stack one unit over the other to form something that equals "one" and then multiply by "one" multiple times in order to cancel the units that you don't want. Multiplying something by one doesn't charge it so you can then just write the equivalent of 1*1...=1 to get the right unit conversion factor without thinking too much about whether something needs to be multiplied or divided. For instance: 1 HM = 8.4 Gorz can be re written as 1 = 1 HM/8.4 Gorz = 8.4 Gorz/1 HM and similarly 1= 1 Gorz/0.195 UKM = 0.195 UKM/1 Gorz So 1= (8.4 Gorz / 1 HM)(0.195 UKM / 1 Gorz)=(8.4/1)(0.195/1)(Gorz/HM)(UKM/Gorz) Gorz cancels out so you are left with a relations between the units you have and the units you want 1=(8.4 * 0.195) UKM / 1 HM 1 HM = (8.4 * 0.195) UKM This technique works well for much more complex unit chains. Food for thought. /Mike On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 8:47:55 AM UTC-3 TiddlyTweeter wrote: > I am not so good at maths. > > I *do* know that a Hutterite Mile is 8.4 Gorz and one Gorz is 0.195 of a > UK Mile. > > How in TW would I calculate the size in UK Miles of one Hutterite Mile? > > (To help you calculate *The Hutterite mile song*: 16 Horsepower - > Hutterite Mile <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Uvh_Ts62U>) > > Just asking. > TT > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/bc186569-3992-4c5b-b417-b3a33c57ad20n%40googlegroups.com.
