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Old 11th April 2004 | 19:32
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BEagle
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
Use miles per minute and fractions. Also applying percentage differences will help if the numbers are awkward...

50 miles at 90 mph? That's 50 at 1 1/2 (or 3/2) miles per minute. So, what's 50 x 2/3?

kph to mph? Multiply by .7, and knock off a tenth. So 80 kph is 56 minus 5.6 or roughly 50 mph.
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