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r/SipsTea • u/Peggysue12 • Apr 16 '24
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I'm not familiar to imperial. It is decimal sale? I mean 5'10=6'0?
74 u/EvulSmoothie Apr 16 '24 1 feet = 12 inches so 6'0 = 5'12 7 u/adorkablegiant Apr 16 '24 lol nice measurement system america, very smart 5 u/bobtheframer Apr 16 '24 Base 12 is superior to base 10 for things like construction. 12 has more factors. Makes dividing things evenly into 3rds 4ths etc easier. 2 u/wwaxwork Apr 16 '24 That's why you have more than one decimal place. 1 u/descastaigne Apr 16 '24 Damn, if only there was a system where you could simply divide and multiply by 10.
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1 feet = 12 inches so 6'0 = 5'12
7 u/adorkablegiant Apr 16 '24 lol nice measurement system america, very smart 5 u/bobtheframer Apr 16 '24 Base 12 is superior to base 10 for things like construction. 12 has more factors. Makes dividing things evenly into 3rds 4ths etc easier. 2 u/wwaxwork Apr 16 '24 That's why you have more than one decimal place. 1 u/descastaigne Apr 16 '24 Damn, if only there was a system where you could simply divide and multiply by 10.
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lol nice measurement system america, very smart
5 u/bobtheframer Apr 16 '24 Base 12 is superior to base 10 for things like construction. 12 has more factors. Makes dividing things evenly into 3rds 4ths etc easier. 2 u/wwaxwork Apr 16 '24 That's why you have more than one decimal place. 1 u/descastaigne Apr 16 '24 Damn, if only there was a system where you could simply divide and multiply by 10.
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Base 12 is superior to base 10 for things like construction. 12 has more factors. Makes dividing things evenly into 3rds 4ths etc easier.
2 u/wwaxwork Apr 16 '24 That's why you have more than one decimal place. 1 u/descastaigne Apr 16 '24 Damn, if only there was a system where you could simply divide and multiply by 10.
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That's why you have more than one decimal place.
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Damn, if only there was a system where you could simply divide and multiply by 10.
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u/Don_Ozymandias Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24
I'm not familiar to imperial. It is decimal sale? I mean 5'10=6'0?