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Old 07-26-10, 11:58 AM   #205
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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down View Post
Divide by 100? Using the 3 minute rule, you would divide the distance travelled by 30 minuties to get kts. per minute. If the target travels 10,000 yds. in 30 minutes, its speed is 333.33 kts per minute. Under the three minute rule the speed is 10 kts. per minute. Why are you dividing by 100?
10,000 yards in 30 minutes is 9.87 knots. 10,000 divided by 100 equals 100. It should be "divide by 1,000".
10,000/1,000 = 10 (knots)
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