Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

Edward Rice (ehrice@his.com)
Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:58:17 -0500

In article <4578mk$6jd@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca>,
t08o@europa.sun.csd.unb.ca (Keith Morrison) wrote:

> If you have an engine that uses 3 fluid ounces of gas for every foot
> it travels, how many gallons does it burn travelling 30.5 miles?

Zero, because it would be towed -- on the face of it, it burns too much gas
to run the engine while travelling that distance. No arithmetic is
necessary.

> If you have an engine that uses 15 cubic centimeters of gas for every
> meter that it travels, how many liters does it burn travelling 30.5
> kilometers?

If you have to do this with precise numbers, you're in the wrong business.