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mjevans on Aug 31, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are there 5280 feet in a mile? (2009)

Meanwhile, the benefit of a system like metric is decimals rather than fractions. It is trivial to change the resolution of a measure or number.

E.G.

The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second.

The speed of light is 299,792.458 KM per second.

The speed of light is about 300 M meters per second.

neilpanchal on Aug 31, 2020 [–]

That’s not true. You can have decimals for any base.

10/5 in Base 12 is 2.49724972497...

Or binary (Base 2)

1011/101 = 10.0011001100...

Duodecimal metric system would have the same features that you’re talking about (which have nothing to do with the base).

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