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by jxcl 3190 days ago
Because a kg goes into 5 lbs 2.2679619 times, and 5 lbs goes into 1 kg 0.44092452 times.
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The first number is the one I want, pretty much 100% of the time, and I hardly ever need 8 digits of precision.