> > Now a Km is 5/8 of a mile
>
> 1 mile = 1.609 kilometers. Thus, a mile is 5/8 of a
> kilometer.
.
You've reversed your fraction. A mile is *8/5* of a km. As your first
equation shows, a mile is longer than a km, thus the fraction must yield a
result greater than "1".
>/Peter Nordstrand
>Master Nitpicker
ehem...
RR