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minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 days agoIt’s not shorthand for thousand, it IS thousand. kk=M -> 10^3*10^3=10^6 kM=G -> 10^3*10^6=10^9 kkk=G= "a billion" MATH IS WITH ME, BILLIONAIRES ARE MEMBERS OF THE kkk!!!
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThat’s what I love about unit prefixes. They’re just numbers! Like, how many m³ is 1 km³? 1 km³ = 1 (km)³ = 1 k³m³ = 1 G(m³) = 1,000,000,000 m³.
It’s not shorthand for thousand, it IS thousand.
kk=M -> 10^3*10^3=10^6 kM=G -> 10^3*10^6=10^9 kkk=G= "a billion"MATH IS WITH ME, BILLIONAIRES ARE MEMBERS OF THE kkk!!!
That’s what I love about unit prefixes. They’re just numbers!
Like, how many m³ is 1 km³?
1 km³ = 1 (km)³ = 1 k³m³ = 1 G(m³) = 1,000,000,000 m³.