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Shopping for groceries outside of the U.S. is so straight-forward, the U.S. food industry should worry about loss of profits in moving to metric. Imperial: $4
by ap22213 10y ago
Shopping for groceries outside of the U.S. is so straight-forward, the U.S. food industry should worry about loss of profits in moving to metric.
Imperial:
$4.49 / lb
0.67 lbs
≈ ???
Metric:
$9.89 / kg
$0.3 kg
≈ $3.00
- i_are_smart 10y agoThis example doesn't very well, it's rather awkwardly contrived. In the US you would just buy 1/2 or 3/4 of a pound, not 1/3. Similarly, I wouldn't expect you to buy 0.67 kg of food priced by weight outside of the US.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoWhatever point you're trying to make is beyond me. Why is multiplying by 0.3 easier than multiplying by 2/3?
- ap22213 10y agoYeah, my comment didn't make sense. Terrible example. Was running out the door. I meant to say that in the U.S. things are marked in ounces. So, it's like calculating (10 oz / 16 oz.) * price. Whereas, elsewhere it's usually 100 grams.