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Re: question about the metric system
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Fri, 3 May 2002 17:07:21 GMT
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> writes:
> Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
> > Mileage, as in miles per gallon?
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> um... yes and no. my question was more so aimed at straight distance
> like "the mileage on my car's odometer is 52000 miles (or ~83686 km).
> But either meaning should work. :)
Ah, well, in that case, we usually say that a car has gone 45'000, say,
to indicate that it has 45'000 km on the speedometer.
Fredrik
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