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How the Fibonacci sequence can convert between Miles and Kilometers (archive.ph)
submitted 8 months ago by cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mathematics@lemmy.ml
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It's an approximation but still... It's an interesting quick read.

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[โ€“] ConfusedMeAgain@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The ratio of miles to km and the golden ratio are the same to 3 significant figures. It's crazy that they are that similar.

[โ€“] cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Especually when you consider that they are arbitrary measurements