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broken reciprocal unit conversion from mpg to L/100 km

Posted 10 years ago
POSTED BY: Adam Tester
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Am I missing something?

Yes, of course. Miles (a length unit) per gallons (a volume unit) should convert into 100 km (a length unit) per Liter (a volume unit). Doing so

33.2 mpg in 100km/L

the input interpretation is: convert 33.2 mpg (miles per galon) to kilometers per liter

and Wolfram|Alpha answers that by

14.11 km/L

or 0.01411 (100 km)/L

The input interpretation given by Wolfram|Alpha is not for Wolfram|Alpha, but for the problem owner.

POSTED BY: Udo Krause
Posted 10 years ago
POSTED BY: Adam Tester
POSTED BY: Ilian Gachevski
Posted 10 years ago

Thanks Ilian, it's an interesting way to input the problem.

POSTED BY: Adam Tester
POSTED BY: Sean Clarke
Posted 10 years ago
POSTED BY: Adam Tester
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