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[-] superkret@feddit.org 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

SI units are fun!

My car needs 7 liters of gas per 100 km.
7 liters / 100 km =
7 dm³ / 100 km =
0.007m³ / 100,000 m =
0.000007 m² =
0.07 mm²

The question what this area represents is left as an exercise to the reader.

Bonus trivia: The newest SI prefixes are only 2 years old:

  • quetta (Q) = 10^30^
  • ronna (R) = 10^27^
  • ronto (r) = 10^-27^
  • quecto (q) = 10^-30^
[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The area of the base of a tube as long as the lenght of travel that would contain the volume of gasoline needed to travel said distance.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Go go gadget dong!

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