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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-29 months agoMiles or kilometers per hour makes sense in the context of travel, you can very easily estimate how long it’s going to take to get somewhere.
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoIronically, km/h is better for estimation because hours are 3600 seconds. If an hour were 1000 seconds or whatever, it would barely take more effort to calculate with m/s
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoI was thinking about estimating stopping distances and reaction times. The number of metres you cover every second becomes important then.
Miles or kilometers per hour makes sense in the context of travel, you can very easily estimate how long it’s going to take to get somewhere.
Ironically, km/h is better for estimation because hours are 3600 seconds. If an hour were 1000 seconds or whatever, it would barely take more effort to calculate with m/s
I was thinking about estimating stopping distances and reaction times. The number of metres you cover every second becomes important then.