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@@ -173,83 +173,53 @@ gt '100kmh 1hr * @mi convert' # → 62.13711922
gt '1Gbps 1hr * @GB convert' # → 450
```
-## Practical Use Cases
+## Examples
### Network Bandwidth
```bash
-# Convert internet speed to familiar units
gt '500Mbps @Gbps convert' # → 0.5
-
-# Calculate how many GB you download in an hour at 1 Gbps
gt '1Gbps 1hr * @GB convert' # → 450
-
-# Server throughput in Mbps
gt '100Kbps @Mbps convert' # → 0.1
```
### Travel Planning
```bash
-# Speed limit conversion (US to metric)
gt '65mph @kmh convert' # → 104.86
-
-# Distance conversion for flight planning
gt '100nm @km convert' # → 185.2 (nautical miles to km)
-
-# Flight time: 500 miles at 400 mph
gt '500mi 400mph / @min convert' # → 75 minutes
-
-# Speed of sound in km/h
gt '340mps @kmh convert' # → 1224
```
### Weight Conversions
```bash
-# Body weight
gt '70kg @lb convert' # → 154.32
-
-# Shipping: 50 oz to grams
gt '50oz @g convert' # → 1417.476156
-
-# Industrial weight
gt '2.5ton @kg convert' # → 2500
```
### Cooking and Recipes
```bash
-# Kitchen weight
gt '250g @oz convert' # → 8.82
-
-# Small measurements
gt '500mg @g convert' # → 0.5
```
### Data Storage
```bash
-# Disk space: how many GB in a TB
gt '1TB @GB convert' # → 1000
-
-# RAM: how many MiB in a GiB
gt '1GiB @MiB convert' # → 1024
-
-# File size: 500 MB in KB
gt '500MB @KB convert' # → 500000
```
### Time Planning
```bash
-# How many seconds in 3 days
gt '3day @s convert' # → 259200
-
-# Half-hour delay in milliseconds
gt '0.5hr @ms convert' # → 1800000
-
-# Milliseconds to seconds
gt '2500ms @s convert' # → 2.5
```
@@ -257,7 +227,7 @@ gt '2500ms @s convert' # → 2.5
### Incompatible Categories
-Converting between different metric categories produces an error because the units are fundamentally incompatible:
+Converting between different metric categories produces an error:
```bash
gt '1km @hr convert' # Error: incompatible metrics (Distance vs Time)