Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
Brett Costley (brettc@bangate.compaq.com)
Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:46:51 GMT
nebusj@corollary.math.rpi.edu (Joseph Francis Nebus) wrote:
>Brett Costley <brettc@bangate.compaq.com> writes:
>
>>So, you don't know how many ounces are in a pint or quart but you
>>do know how many ounces are in a liter?
>
> Get a picture of "2 Liters" in your mind.
>
> Now cut that in half. You have 1 Liter.
>
> Now cut that in half. You have 1/2 Liter.
>
> Now cut that in half. You have 1/4 Liter.
What's your point? You said that you couldn't buy the strawberries
because you needed to get a pint but they came in ounces. But you said
that had you needed to buy a liter of strawberries you wouldn't have
had a problem. That makes no sense.
>
> And which is harder: remembering however many quarts are in a
>gallon or remembering how many "1/4 Liters" are in "1 Liter"?
Again, you have a point?
>
> Granted mass/volume won't convert exactly for strawberries, but
>guessing that it's roughly the same conversion as for water is good
>enough for a first estimate. And there'd be no problem at all if they
>were sold in Liters as well.
Or if they were sold in pints...
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brettc@bangate.compaq.com
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