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What are the advantages of using different units of measurement?
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∙ 13y ago
The main advantage to using different units of measurement is so that many of you measurements are easier to use and calculate with. For example: If one is talking about comparing the sizes of pencils you would want to use Inches (or Centimeters if using the metric system) do to the fact that pencils are normally rather small. Using inches in this case makes sense because the numbers one would be using would most likely be less then 10. However, if one was comparing the distance between New York and Boston one would not want to use Inches or Centimeters due to the fact that you would have huge numbers. In this case one would want to use Miles or Kilometers do the numbers would be easier to use.
Between Boston and NY is approximately:
189.9 Miles
305.61 Kilometers
Those numbers are a lot easier to work with then their equivalents which are:
12,032,064 Inches
30,561,000 Centimeters
Hope this helped :)
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