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It's not that bad if you don't need an exact answer. Just convert to metric, multiply it out, and convert back.
by firethief 9y ago
It's not that bad if you don't need an exact answer. Just convert to metric, multiply it out, and convert back.
- johansch 9y agoThat is.. bad, particularly since the presumed context here is about fire emergencies where speed is of the essence. Any extra steps will add delays and/or opportunities for potentially disastrous mistakes. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvzb5/the-time-nasa-lost-a-mars-orbiter-because-of-a-metric-system-mixup https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvzb5/the-time-n...
- Scoundreller 9y agoIt’s not as bad as you make it sound. The original problem requires plenty of conversions (to cubic inches) and memorization of infrequently used constants (how many cubic inches in a gallon?). If imperial isn’t your thing, doing it in metric is easier, at least it was for me.