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minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoSI units are fun! My car needs 7 liters of gas per 100 km. 7 liters / 100 km = 7 dm³ / 100 km = 0.007m³ / 100,000 m = 0.000007 m² = 0.07 mm² The question what this area represents is left as an exercise to the reader.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoThe area of the base of o tube as long as the lenght of travel that would contain the volume of gasoline needed to travel said distance.
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days ago The question what this area represents is left as an exercise to the reader. https://what-if.xkcd.com/11/ is relevant.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoI know this is a joke, but could help myself: you can’t always just cancel units like this. It’s more like 0.007 m3(fuel burned) / 100,000 m(travelled) Can’t really cancel those.
SI units are fun!
My car needs 7 liters of gas per 100 km.
7 liters / 100 km =
7 dm³ / 100 km =
0.007m³ / 100,000 m =
0.000007 m² =
0.07 mm²
The question what this area represents is left as an exercise to the reader.
The area of the base of o tube as long as the lenght of travel that would contain the volume of gasoline needed to travel said distance.
https://what-if.xkcd.com/11/ is relevant.
I know this is a joke, but could help myself: you can’t always just cancel units like this.
It’s more like 0.007 m3(fuel burned) / 100,000 m(travelled)
Can’t really cancel those.