40 Embarrassing Times People Were Caught Making Math Mistakes

[post_page_title]So close, yet so far[/post_page_title]

Okay, this one might be a little confusing for some of you that aren’t super familiar with the metric system. This comic pokes fun at Americans by saying that they would follow a one mile trail to water rather than a one kilometer trail to water. The commenter is technically right in that one mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers, but their understanding of how that works is totally backwards.

So close, yet so far

That means that kilometers are SHORTER than miles. For every mile you walk, you’ve walked more than a kilometer, meaning a kilometer walk is less than a mile walk.

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