A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers

Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by rocqua on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:55AM (#20661351)

I like arguing for arcane standards, and there are aspects of the imperial system I like.

Specifically, I tend to advocate for a base 12 system based arround the inch. Base 12 because the very structured multiplication table, which also makes for easy dividing. The inch because I find my lengtg estimation accuracy to be better captured by inches.

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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by Moru on Saturday August 10, 2019 @07:06AM (#20661394)

Your length estimation accuracy is dependent on what you used more.

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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by rocqua on Saturday August 10, 2019 @07:09AM (#20661409)

I have never used inches outside screen diagonals. Yet I still feel inches better match my accuracy. My actual accuracy in inches is horrible though, because I never get into contact with them.

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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by ghaff on Saturday August 10, 2019 @07:07AM (#20661401)

I assume that 12 inches to a foot is the reason that, at least when I was growing up, we were taught multiplication tables up to 12x12 rather than 10x10.

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