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A rule of thumb that puts you in the ball park: To convert miles to kilometers divide by 5 and multiply by 8 eg 80 miles divided by 5 = 16 multiply by 8 = 128 kilometers...... To convert kilometers to miles you divide by 8 and multiply by 5 eg 128 kilometers divided by 8 = 16 multiply by 5 =80 miles. A kilometer is roughly 5/8ths of a mile. This of course disproves the above answer that TSC heard on T.V. because 80 divided by 8 =10 multiply by 5=50 not 44. When we Aussies, for what ever reason changed from miles to kilometers we oldies had a lot of learning to do. As an aside I was amazed to find England measured distances in miles and bought petrol in litres DUH! We are klms and litres,currently $A1.50 per litre.

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the correct answer is 111.8 miles and Snaghowzwer is 49.7 miles away ----k's to miles multiply by 5 and then divide by 8

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I was watching a Rick Steve's Europe episode last night and he said the way to measure Kilometers is to take the number posted, say 80, and divide it in half (40) then add 10% 44.

So, if the town of Snaghowzer is 80K away its really 44 miles away.

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108 miles

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