Some of you don't know the correct definition of an irrational number.
My fault. I was thinking it was the wrong term when I posted it, but was too lazy to look it up. I should have said repeating decimal.
Irrational applies better to people who defend the hodge-podge system of measurements that uses inches, feet, yards, fathoms, rods, chains, furlongs, miles, and leagues all to measure distance.
Jerry
The point is that metric has no real method for fractions and is a damn fool method of measuring. Multiplying by 12 does not happen because you use the 1' instead of the number 12. Yes I used both sets of tools to work on cars, motorcycles and boats to this day. Name ONE instance where metric made doing that easier, just one.
A fathom equals 6 feet, a measure of water depth.
A furlong is equal to 1/8th of a mile.
A league was the distance a man could walk in an hour, a vague distance and league is not used as a measurement in any nation currently.
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.
I don't know about you, but I'd sure rather multiply or divide by 10 than 12, any & every day of the week.
I can only say math is not your strong point.
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