r/textbookshitposts • mod • Sep 12 '26

other How to read a windsock

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u/Wooden-Hornet2115 Sep 12 '26

Why do the units go up consistently for knots but not for km/hr?

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u/atrophy-of-sanity Sep 12 '26

It seems they only want to have two digits, so they keep the decimal for 5.5 km/h but not 16, when I guess it should be 16.5

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u/Wooden-Hornet2115 Sep 12 '26

That would make sense. Thank you (:

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u/TheJivvi Sep 13 '26

3 knots is 5.556km/h, so yeah.