Metrics can't mangle the magical mile
- The "decimal point" is sometimes used with different
meanings. In this article it is used differently for time and
distance. Explain what 4.00.9 and 3.56 mean in comparison to
1609.34m.
- If he ran at the same rate for a mile as for 1500m, how long
would it have taken Court to run the mile?
- How much longer would Court's mile have taken than Randal
Markey's?
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