Acensky 0 #1 October 11, 2004 I need to convert 35 Nautical miles ( hour) to Statute miles (hour). and visa versa. I know 6067 feet =1 knot, and to get from knots to miles I have to go, 1 knot over 1hour times 6067 feet over 1knot times 1mile over 5280 feet (( next step??)) and I need to get the time in there somewhere so would it be 1 hour = 6 min or 1hour = 3600 seconds? Or am I missing the whole thing completely?? it is a bit confusing over the post. So here is the link to the homework it is on page 7 of 9. I just started Oceanography and it is a bit over my head at this point. Thanks so much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #2 October 11, 2004 Quote need to convert 35 Nautical miles ( hour) to Statute miles (hour). and visa versa. I believe...don't quote me...but 35 nautical miles would be 40.2 statute miles. Double check me to be sure. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cornholio 0 #3 October 11, 2004 35 knot = 40.2772807 mile/hour (mph) Click here to cheat. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #4 October 11, 2004 40.277265 or so, depending on your rounding requirements . . . 40.3 is actually a bit closer to reality. The close enough for most work answer is going to be to multiply knots by 1.15 for 40.25.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Acensky 0 #5 October 11, 2004 you rock tunaplanet, you were right. I just need to show how you got that answer! to you if you are ever in Oregon!Garbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Acensky 0 #6 October 11, 2004 Thanks for the link, I will use that a lot this term. I was going nuts. 2 s to you and quade if you ever come to Oregon. HeatherGarbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #7 October 11, 2004 Quote I just need to show how you got that answer! One of those things I remember from the Navy in California. To convert nautical miles to statute miles multiply your nautical miles by 1.15 To convert statute miles into nautical miles multiply the statute miles by .87 (I think). Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #8 October 11, 2004 QuoteClick here to cheat. I would discourage people from learning something by using a cheat. He may not have a working computer on a ship when he needs to do a quick conversion. There's an easy method to learn it without using a computer. I know...imagine that...actually learning something instead of Googling it. *GASP* Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pleifer 0 #9 October 11, 2004 Tuna planet has the answer to the "ultimate question"...... forty- two Now what was the question? _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnMitchell 16 #10 October 11, 2004 QuoteTuna planet has the answer to the "ultimate question"...... forty- two Now what was the question? The ultimate question of the universe is . . . . . .What is six times seven? Hitchhiker's Guide to the GAlaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dougiefresh 0 #11 October 11, 2004 Knowledge of both the question and the answer is mutually exclusive. How many roads must a man walk down?Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites miked10270 0 #12 October 12, 2004 QuoteQuoteTuna planet has the answer to the "ultimate question"...... forty- two Now what was the question? The ultimate question of the universe is . . . . . .What is six times seven? Hitchhiker's Guide to the GAlaxy Err... NO!!! The ultimate answer WAS 42. The ultimate question was "What is seven times FIVE? Thus proving that the universe itself is fundamentally flawed. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelpdiver 2 #13 October 12, 2004 Quote I know 6067 feet =1 knot, and to get from knots to miles I have to go, 1 knot over 1hour times 6067 feet over 1knot times 1mile over 5280 feet (( next step??)) and I need to get the time in there somewhere so would it be 1 hour = 6 min or 1hour = 3600 seconds? You don't really need to worry about time from the math perspective. You start with miles/hour and end with knots/hour. 35mi .... 5280ft .. knot ----- X ------ X ------ = 30.31 knots/hour hr ......... mi ..... 6097ft Note that miles and feet are both in the numerator and the denominator and thus cancel out. It's often easy to line up the conversion rates like this so that the numerator is cancelled out by the denominator of the next fraction. Effectively all you're doing is multiplying the speed by the difference between knots and miles, which is .866 going from mph to knots/hr, or 1.154 the other way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #14 October 12, 2004 "You start with miles/hour and end with knots/hour." Are knots different in the States? Over here we have nautical miles, as a measure of distance, Knots are a measure of speed. Therefore if you are looking at knots/hour, that would actually be a measure of acceleration. Anyways there are loads of wee conversion programmes out there to download, http://www.haywardindustrial.com/html/converter/converter.asp for example, stick one on yer desktop.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #15 October 12, 2004 What the...?! So far, two different statements about how many feet are in a nautical mile... and I add a third: I was always taught that a nautical mile was 6080 feet!! Anyone got anything definitive? -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #16 October 12, 2004 My wee convertor says 1 nautical mile is 6076.131ft near as dammit to your 6080. In metric I believe its 1852m. fromhttp://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/sea.htm "Nautical miles measure distance. 1 nautical mile is the angular distance of 1 minute of arc on the earth's surface. As these differ slightly (6108' at pole c.f. 6046' at equator) 6080 was adopted (this being it's approximate value in the English Channel). The International nautical mile is 1852 metres, so is very slightly different from the UK nautical mile. 1 UK nautical mile = 1.00064 international nautical miles Now the International nautical mile is used throughout the UK, except in the Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1804 which defines it as 1853 metres! If you want an irrelevant fact, one minute of arc on Mars is close to a kilometre (.987 km to be more accurate). Perhaps the French who defined the kilometre were really Martians! " Hence the phrase "cheese eating surrender aliens" I hope that clears everything up.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pilotdave 0 #17 October 12, 2004 A knot can be a measure of speed or a distance. When you're talking speed, 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour. When you mean distance, 1 knot = 1 nautical mile. I don't think anyone uses knots to mean distance anymore, but it is a correct usage. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #18 October 12, 2004 "I don't think anyone uses knots to mean distance anymore, but it is a correct usage." Well I'll stand corrected, I've only ever experienced knots as speed, which is why I asked. Cheers Dave.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites davedlg 0 #19 October 12, 2004 Google This is a useful tool for almost all conversions. Unfortunatly I can't seen to find nautical mile, however converting knots to mph gives the same answer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Acensky 0 #20 October 12, 2004 Thank you to all the people that helped me with this. My homeowrk is done and turned in. Thanks for the converson links, those will help a lot in chem. HeatherGarbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #21 October 12, 2004 QuoteI was always taught that a nautical mile was 6080 feet!! Anyone got anything definitive? Close. It's 6076. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #22 October 12, 2004 QuoteI don't think anyone uses knots to mean distance anymore, but it is a correct usage. We did some of the time in the Navy. Also, nautical miles are used for open water (oceans, seas, etc...). Statute miles are used for inland waters (lakes, rivers, etc...). Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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tunaplanet 0 #2 October 11, 2004 Quote need to convert 35 Nautical miles ( hour) to Statute miles (hour). and visa versa. I believe...don't quote me...but 35 nautical miles would be 40.2 statute miles. Double check me to be sure. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #3 October 11, 2004 35 knot = 40.2772807 mile/hour (mph) Click here to cheat. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 October 11, 2004 40.277265 or so, depending on your rounding requirements . . . 40.3 is actually a bit closer to reality. The close enough for most work answer is going to be to multiply knots by 1.15 for 40.25.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acensky 0 #5 October 11, 2004 you rock tunaplanet, you were right. I just need to show how you got that answer! to you if you are ever in Oregon!Garbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acensky 0 #6 October 11, 2004 Thanks for the link, I will use that a lot this term. I was going nuts. 2 s to you and quade if you ever come to Oregon. HeatherGarbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #7 October 11, 2004 Quote I just need to show how you got that answer! One of those things I remember from the Navy in California. To convert nautical miles to statute miles multiply your nautical miles by 1.15 To convert statute miles into nautical miles multiply the statute miles by .87 (I think). Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #8 October 11, 2004 QuoteClick here to cheat. I would discourage people from learning something by using a cheat. He may not have a working computer on a ship when he needs to do a quick conversion. There's an easy method to learn it without using a computer. I know...imagine that...actually learning something instead of Googling it. *GASP* Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #9 October 11, 2004 Tuna planet has the answer to the "ultimate question"...... forty- two Now what was the question? _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #10 October 11, 2004 QuoteTuna planet has the answer to the "ultimate question"...... forty- two Now what was the question? The ultimate question of the universe is . . . . . .What is six times seven? Hitchhiker's Guide to the GAlaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougiefresh 0 #11 October 11, 2004 Knowledge of both the question and the answer is mutually exclusive. How many roads must a man walk down?Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #12 October 12, 2004 QuoteQuoteTuna planet has the answer to the "ultimate question"...... forty- two Now what was the question? The ultimate question of the universe is . . . . . .What is six times seven? Hitchhiker's Guide to the GAlaxy Err... NO!!! The ultimate answer WAS 42. The ultimate question was "What is seven times FIVE? Thus proving that the universe itself is fundamentally flawed. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #13 October 12, 2004 Quote I know 6067 feet =1 knot, and to get from knots to miles I have to go, 1 knot over 1hour times 6067 feet over 1knot times 1mile over 5280 feet (( next step??)) and I need to get the time in there somewhere so would it be 1 hour = 6 min or 1hour = 3600 seconds? You don't really need to worry about time from the math perspective. You start with miles/hour and end with knots/hour. 35mi .... 5280ft .. knot ----- X ------ X ------ = 30.31 knots/hour hr ......... mi ..... 6097ft Note that miles and feet are both in the numerator and the denominator and thus cancel out. It's often easy to line up the conversion rates like this so that the numerator is cancelled out by the denominator of the next fraction. Effectively all you're doing is multiplying the speed by the difference between knots and miles, which is .866 going from mph to knots/hr, or 1.154 the other way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #14 October 12, 2004 "You start with miles/hour and end with knots/hour." Are knots different in the States? Over here we have nautical miles, as a measure of distance, Knots are a measure of speed. Therefore if you are looking at knots/hour, that would actually be a measure of acceleration. Anyways there are loads of wee conversion programmes out there to download, http://www.haywardindustrial.com/html/converter/converter.asp for example, stick one on yer desktop.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #15 October 12, 2004 What the...?! So far, two different statements about how many feet are in a nautical mile... and I add a third: I was always taught that a nautical mile was 6080 feet!! Anyone got anything definitive? -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #16 October 12, 2004 My wee convertor says 1 nautical mile is 6076.131ft near as dammit to your 6080. In metric I believe its 1852m. fromhttp://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/sea.htm "Nautical miles measure distance. 1 nautical mile is the angular distance of 1 minute of arc on the earth's surface. As these differ slightly (6108' at pole c.f. 6046' at equator) 6080 was adopted (this being it's approximate value in the English Channel). The International nautical mile is 1852 metres, so is very slightly different from the UK nautical mile. 1 UK nautical mile = 1.00064 international nautical miles Now the International nautical mile is used throughout the UK, except in the Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1804 which defines it as 1853 metres! If you want an irrelevant fact, one minute of arc on Mars is close to a kilometre (.987 km to be more accurate). Perhaps the French who defined the kilometre were really Martians! " Hence the phrase "cheese eating surrender aliens" I hope that clears everything up.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #17 October 12, 2004 A knot can be a measure of speed or a distance. When you're talking speed, 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour. When you mean distance, 1 knot = 1 nautical mile. I don't think anyone uses knots to mean distance anymore, but it is a correct usage. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #18 October 12, 2004 "I don't think anyone uses knots to mean distance anymore, but it is a correct usage." Well I'll stand corrected, I've only ever experienced knots as speed, which is why I asked. Cheers Dave.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #19 October 12, 2004 Google This is a useful tool for almost all conversions. Unfortunatly I can't seen to find nautical mile, however converting knots to mph gives the same answer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acensky 0 #20 October 12, 2004 Thank you to all the people that helped me with this. My homeowrk is done and turned in. Thanks for the converson links, those will help a lot in chem. HeatherGarbage bags do not make good parachutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #21 October 12, 2004 QuoteI was always taught that a nautical mile was 6080 feet!! Anyone got anything definitive? Close. It's 6076. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #22 October 12, 2004 QuoteI don't think anyone uses knots to mean distance anymore, but it is a correct usage. We did some of the time in the Navy. Also, nautical miles are used for open water (oceans, seas, etc...). Statute miles are used for inland waters (lakes, rivers, etc...). Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
