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While a meter is the fundamental unit of length, most distances traveled by humans are measured in miles or kilometers. Why do you think this is?

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A distance between two points in a metropolis, for example, maybe too great to convey in a small unit like the meter. As a result, larger units such as kilometers and miles are required to accurately depict distances in lower numerical quantities.

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