• pimento64@sopuli.xyz
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    10 months ago

    No, you just do it in your head, provided you can do your arithmetic as well as a child can.

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      10 months ago

      First you need to know there are 1760 yards in a mile which isn’t common. Next you need to divide 1760 by 200. If you ask a child, they aren’t going to know to round up to 1800 and say 9 as an estimate.