Invisible wrote:
> OK, so here's one for you...
> 
> If I put my car into top gear and set the engine to 3,500 revolutions 
> per minute, my car travels forward at almost exactly 75 miles per hour. 
> So... how far forward does it travel for a single revolution of the 
> engine??

574643.

Ah, you want the unit? µm, naturally. This of course doesn't take count 
the "almost" you told, neither tires wearing nor possible sliding.

> Similarly, at that speed my car achieves roughly 50 miles per gallon of 
> fuel. So how much fuel does it inject into each cylinder??

None.

> [My car has a four-cylinder, four-stroke internal compustion engine, and 
> is normally-asperated. And runs on petrol, in case that wasn't obvious. 
> Presumably the timing is therefore set so that exactly one cylinder 
> fires for every revolution of the engine.]

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