Semi-trailer trucks have an odometer on one hub of a trailer wheel. The hub is weighted so that it does not rotate, but it contains gears to count the number of wheel revolutions-it then calculates the distance traveled. If the wheel has a \( 1.18 \mathrm{~m} \) diameter and goes through 190,000 rotations, how many kilometers should the odometer read?
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