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I don't understand the benefit - either system can accurately represent any integer number of pounds, right? And as you said, after a while the "weird" numbers
by bcbrown 5y ago
I don't understand the benefit - either system can accurately represent any integer number of pounds, right? And as you said, after a while the "weird" numbers become normalized after a little while. And it seems like you need the same number of different smaller-weight plates either way (45/25/10/5/2.5) vs d(40/20/10/6/3). If you want the plates to be integer multiples of each other, why not go with the already-widely-adopted kilogram weights?
Also, with d(6/3/1.6/0.9), you're still summing up odd numbers.
- travisjungroth 5y agoIf you do the math all the time it’s easy, but most don’t. You have one more plate in dozenal before you have to get fractional. And 6 and 3 aren’t weird numbers in dozenal. They’re like a half and quarter, respectively. 6+6=10.
- bcbrown 5y agoAh, that makes some sense, thanks.