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Another math question. What is the revolutional velocity of Earth around the sun in furlongs per fortnight?

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Posted - July 11, 2021

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  • 10449
    I didn't know there are furlongs in a video game.  Huh.  I guess I should pay closer attention.  
      July 11, 2021 1:15 PM MDT
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  • 3680
    26 fortnights / year.

    Orbit 93 000 000 miles in round numbers. 8 furlongs per mile.

    93 000 000 X 8 X pi / 26  = 89 858 000 Furlongs per Fortnight.

    That right?

    If so, happy now? :-)
      July 11, 2021 1:44 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    It's much easier to look up earth's orbital velocity and look up a converter site. I am very lazy. (Oh, that's not correct.)
      July 11, 2021 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 3680
    I have on my computer a stand-alone converter someone at work gave me years ago, and oddly, it does contain furlongs but only in its distance units menu; not in the speed menu! It's very convenient - no need to switch off Google's blasted cookies and ferret through the Internet just to convert a couple of numbers.

    I wonder who uses the furlong at all now. It lingered in horse-racing quite recently, in England at least, but I don't know if it still does.

    The Statute Mile and Yard are still the only legal road distance units in the otherwise-metric UK; but I've noticed our railways still use the Mile and the Chain (and I think Yard).
      July 11, 2021 3:58 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    https://www.google.com/search?q=mph+to+furlongs+per+fortnight&sxsrf=ALeKk00L4SWI8X7XhKOS5FMe-4bN2j9PCA%3A1626033486218&ei=Tk3rYOjSDJv0tAbK5ZiIBw&oq=mph+to+furlongs&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeOgcIIxCwAxAnOgcIABBHELADOgQIIxAnOgUIABCRAjoECAAQQzoECC4QQzoHCAAQsQMQQzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CAgAELEDEJECOgUIABCxAzoCCABKBQg6EgExSgQIQRgAULgwWMVlYPGjAWgBcAJ4AIABuQKIAaUSkgEIMC4xNS4wLjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEJwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
      July 11, 2021 4:08 PM MDT
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  • 52903

     

      Which part is not correct, his answer or your statement that you’re lazy?
    ~

      July 12, 2021 7:32 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    His answer. I'm always lazy.
      July 12, 2021 8:16 AM MDT
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  • 17364
    Ugh....you made my neck hurt.
      July 12, 2021 5:37 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    I have been called worse than a pain in the neck.
      July 12, 2021 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 17364
    Maybe, but not by me. 
      July 13, 2021 1:05 AM MDT
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