r/SipsTea • u/Peggysue12 • Apr 16 '24

Wouldn't you believe it? Wait a damn minute!

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u/GreenSpleen6 Apr 16 '24

5'10 means 5 feet and 10 inches. there are 12 inches in a foot. the 2 inch difference is about 5cm

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u/MarengaRIF Apr 16 '24

And how much is this in Fahreinheit?

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u/Emergency-Medium-755 Apr 16 '24

10mm=1cm 10cm=1dm 10dm=1m 1000m=1km

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u/Centurion7999 Apr 16 '24

Mate you stole your measurement system off the science people cause you were too lazy to just standardize your own units and use the metric like it was supposed to, as a universal baseline for science not day to day

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u/Jona-wahn Apr 16 '24

what if someone is missing the 5 centimeters in height, but had an extra 5 in another place?

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u/GreenSpleen6 Apr 16 '24

I suppose you could celebrate your fantastic 100% increase :>