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Old 03-18-2008, 08:45 PM   #11
Kingswood
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenGum View Post
Extra cool that he died at the age of 88 years, 5 months, 21 days. (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008)
That's 88.48 years.
The height of Everest? 8,848 meters.

How did he manage that?
20 July 1919 to 11 January 2008 is 32317 days.
32317/365.25 = 88.479 (to 3 decimal places)

So it is accurate to the nearest day, if the year is assumed to be 365.25 days long.

Well spotted.
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