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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks
You should use 9000km otherwise the k has no context! I was born and raised on the metric system BTW  |
I was born on the imperial system but raised on the metric system.... lol
It is quite acceptable and most common for people to refer to distance as "k".
As in, "I drove 30k last night looking for an all-night metric gas station"
...but yes, 30km would be the correct vernacular.
PS: If you were to construe that k = 1000 (9000 thousand) you would be wrong because small letter k does not mean 1000. Large letter K = 1000. As in "m" = milli and "M" = Mega. mA = milliAmps...
....but I get your point. Don't make metric slang comments to the imperialists.
