If you worked in metric there would be no reason to convert.
If the metric system were ditched there would be no reason to convert.
But speaking of conversions
1 inch = .0833333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333... Ft Or 1.00
1 inch = .0277777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777... Yd Or 1.00 Strange there would never be any reason to convert 1" using the inch system like that. You ducked metric completely.
How precise do you want to be?
Jerry
Still the metric system uses too many symbols! And the beauty of the inch is that the foot and yard are based on the number 12, the inch itself is based on the number 10. The point that you missed it is that the inch system uses fewer numbers to get to the same place.
You missed the point being that with 12ths and 36ths you get into irrational numbers when converting to
decimal (base 10). If humans had evolved with 12 fingers and we used a base 12 system I could agree with you.
Not sure how yards are based on the number 12 though? From Wikipedia:
The introduction of the yard (0.9144 m) as a unit of length came later, but its origin is not definitely known. Some believe the origin was the double cubit, others believe that it originated from cubic measure. Whatever its origin, the early yard was divided by the binary method into 2, 4, 8, and 16 parts called the half-yard, span, finger, and nail. The association of the yard with the "gird" or circumference of a person's waist or with the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the thumb of King Henry I (reigned 1100–1135) are probably standardizing actions, since several yards were in use in Britain. There were also Rods, Poles and Perches for measurements of length.
Jerry
