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  2. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  3. Naismith's rule - Wikipedia

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    Pace [6] in minutes per kilometre or mile vs. slope angle resulting from Naismith's rule [7] for basal speeds of 5 and 4 km / h. [n 1]The original Naismith's rule from 1892 says that one should allow one hour per three miles on the map and an additional hour per 2000 feet of ascent.

  4. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    The base unit in the International System of Units (SI) is the meter, defined as "the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1 ⁄ 299792458 seconds." [4] It is approximately equal to 1.0936 yd.

  5. Kilometres per hour - Wikipedia

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    SI, and hence the use of "km/h" (or "km h −1 " or "km·h −1 ") has now been adopted around the world in many areas related to health and safety [36] and in metrology [37] in addition to the SI unit metres per second ("m/s", "m s −1 " or "m·s −1 "). SI is also the preferred system of measure in academia and in education.

  6. Sometimes it takes a thousand miles to make you realize how ...

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    Reaching our destination would mean miles and miles of driving through areas that are actually pretty flat or similar landscapes for hours, but the goal was set and we packed and readied ourselves ...

  7. Telltale Signs You Need to See a Doctor for Your Cough - AOL

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    Medical providers break down when to see a doctor for a cough.

  8. Demi Moore's 10 best and 10 worst movies, according to critics

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    The last time Moore received a Golden Globe nomination was for this HBO movie focused on three women and their separate experiences with abortion. Moore, Cher, and Sissy Spacek star.

  9. Odometer - Wikipedia

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    A form of fraud is to tamper with the reading on an odometer and presenting the incorrect number of miles/kilometres traveled to a prospective buyer; this is often referred to as "clocking" in the UK and "busting miles" in the US. This is done to make a car appear to have been driven less than it really has been, and thus increase its apparent ...