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You can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to km (europe.pub)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"Remember"? Do you also remember all the digits of π?

It's defined as F(0) = 0, F(1) = 1 and F(n) = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2). Which makes more sense than imperial units.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Or I could just do 1.6 km ≈ 1 mile whenever I need to convert from the standard that I use, Metric, to Imperial

    Far far far simpler

    Edit: I'm not American, I use sensible units, SI Metric

    Edit edit: I do fully have dyscalcus, mostly only effects "scary" looking maths, so no, your suggestion doesn't help

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Tbh, the last sentence was just a silly jab at the imperial units.

    I was mostly just making fun of the fact that you implied the Fibonacci sequence can be memorized, when it is infinite. I'm not saying that referring to it is simpler than dividing/multiplying by a constant, no.

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