Converting miles to km with Fibonacci
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Previously on Labrigger: Street fighting mathematics
And on that topic, and this is something the runners among us might appreciate, the Fibonacci sequence can be used to easily convert miles to kms.
Take two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, for example 5 and 8. And you’re done converting. No kidding – there are 8 kilometers in 5 miles. To convert back just read the result from the other end – there are 5 miles in 8 km!
Another example. Let’s take the consecutive Fibonacci numbers 21 and 34. What this tells us is that there are approximately 34 km in 21 miles and vice versa. (The exact answer is 33.79 km.)
The ratio of consecutive fib nos. approaches the golden ration ~ 1.61. The conversion from km to miles is 1.6
Thanks for showing this.