NewtonTalk.net May 2008 archive: Re: [NTLK] Exact Measurement of

From: Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu May 01 2008 - 15:45:12 EDT

Perhaps...but unfortunately that number you supplied seems kind of arbitrary without the values...And besides, I usually round to to 1.8E12 m/sec

  But normally, I use the speed of light as one hundred and eighty-six thousand miles per sec...
  That way when I'm driving down the highway at 80 mph, I have an attainable goal! (186,000 *sounds* smaller than 1.8E12m/sec)
  It's all in the perception!
  Ed
  web/gadget guru
  http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
John Coady <jcoady@mac.com> wrote:
  And we all know what the speed of light is. Right?

Of course, it's 1.7998848E12.

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