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Gary Warner
 
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Default A couple of newbie questions


"Joe Parsons" wrote:

A nautical mile is also, precisely, 6,076.12 feet.


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That's not precise--that's rounded to two decimals.
A nautical mile is, by definition, precisely 1,852 meters, as mentioned

above.
That converts to 6,076.11549 feet (which still is not precise!).
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Actually, the statement, "A nautical mile is also, precisely, 6,076.12
feet."
IS precise. It may not be exact, but it is precise.

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