On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:55:49 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
wrote:
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>B Vaughan wrote:
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>> On 9 Nov 2005 03:28:59 -0800, "george" wrote:
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>>>B Vaughan wrote:
>>>The maps we use most often, which cover
>>>several provinces, are to a scale of 2 kilometers to a centimeter, so
>>>an inch would be about 8 miles.
>>>
>>>1 inch 0 2.54 cm
>>>therefore on your map 1 inch (= 2 km/cm X 2.54 cm/inch =) represents
>>>5.08 km
>>>
>>>1 km = about 0.6 miles
>>>therefore on your map 1 inch (= 0.6miles/km X 5.08 km =) represents
>>>about 3.48 miles, not 8 miles, a considerable difference.
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>> oops
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>You were right the first time AZ Nomad wrote the statement about an inch.
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>You responded to him but were misquoted and properly complained.
However, I said that 2 km/cm were 8 miles/inch. I accidentally divided
by .6 instead of multiplying. And actually I know very well that the
result should be less than, not more than, the number of km.
But thanks for defending me anyway.
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Barbara Vaughan
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