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Old 05-19-2010, 05:16 PM   #261 (permalink)
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^ How much does a litre of petrol weigh?
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:17 PM   #262 (permalink)
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Seeing as I live in a mostly-metric country, I should be able to answer this, but what if it's not water? Or if it's something denser/less dense than water?
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:19 PM   #263 (permalink)
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It's all just easier. Try converting from feet to inches without a calculator. It's just a waste of time, and numbers.
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:21 PM   #264 (permalink)
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Seeing as I live in a mostly-metric country, I should be able to answer this, but what if it's not water? Or if it's something denser/less dense than water?
Exactly!
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:23 PM   #265 (permalink)
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737.22 grams ?
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:30 PM   #266 (permalink)
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It's all just easier. Try converting from feet to inches without a calculator. It's just a waste of time, and numbers.
There are 12 inches in a foot, so rudimentary math skills are all you really need. Hell, 6th graders who've memorized their times tables can convert feet to inches with ease.
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There are 12 inches in a foot, so rudimentary math skills are all you really need. Hell, 6th graders who've memorized their times tables can convert feet to inches with ease.
87604923746 km = 87604923746 000 m
That needed less than 5 seconds.
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:34 PM   #268 (permalink)
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^ im confused as to what your figures mean.
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:36 PM   #269 (permalink)
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87604923746 km = 87604923746 000 m
That needed less than 5 seconds.
I never said it was easier, I'm just saying that standard measurement gets wrongly demonized because it's "too difficult" to calculate equivalencies. Standard is easy for those who grew up learning the stuff, and I really don't see the need to claim supremacy just because you prefer one to the other.
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:36 PM   #270 (permalink)
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^ im confused as to what your figures mean.
She's saying that it's easier to convert metric units because they are divisible by 10 or 100 as opposed to 12.

tbh, I agree.
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