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Inches, Feet, & Miles are very practical units. Centimeters, and Meters much less so. Really? Do you know how much easier it is to compute surfaces and volumes
by laurentoget 9y ago
Inches, Feet, & Miles are very practical units. Centimeters, and Meters much less so.
Really? Do you know how much easier it is to compute surfaces and volumes in metric systems compared to imperial? Concrete example. Figure how much soil you need to buy to fill a box knowing L, W and H. In metric it is a 10s process. In imperial i do not even know how you are supposed to do it. Does anybody even know how many quart are in a cubic foot?
- ptaipale 9y ago> Does anybody even know how many quart are in a cubic foot? They know it, after they do the conversion, via metric system. (OK, nowadays you can just enter "1 quart to cubic feet" in Google. And the funnier ones you get at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_meas... )
- ipqk 9y agoNo, I don't know the number of quarts in a cubic foot, but no one does because they're two different measurements for two completely different uses.
- TuringTest 9y agoNo wonder that you miss the point of metric units if you don't get why doing such transformations is useful. In the metric system, converting between length, volume and weight is trivial and straightforward. This comes into play neatly whenever you need to pile up a precise amount of batter or liquid from containers measured with a different unit.