Re: Strange Maths (was Re: Why not 13 months?)

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Mike (mike@label.tlug.org) wrote:
: Take 10 paces. Measure the distance covered and divide by 10. Repeat
: this experiment with 30 friends. I'll bet the average pace comes out to
: be about 0.7 metres.

You forgot to account for changes in average height. If 1 unit = 1 pace in
a certain culture, it need not be 1 pace of the people who practice a
different culture.

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