[R] Physical Units in Calculations

Patrick Connolly p_connolly at slingshot.co.nz
Tue Apr 14 22:03:15 CEST 2009


On Mon, 13-Apr-2009 at 09:15PM +0100, S Ellison wrote:

|> >>> <Bill.Venables at csiro.au> 04/13/09 4:01 AM >>>
|> >The UK uses metres for most lengths but miles for road distances - 
|> >the worst of all worlds.  They even measure fuel performance in 
|> >litres per 100 *miles*, if you can believe it.
|> No, we don't. We use miles per (Imperial) gallon. 

But petrol is priced by the litre.



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