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Why do people use SI units?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The idea is to have a common standard. Also, SI is much simpler to use than the imperial units. For example, 3.2 kilometers = 3200 meters (just multiply by 1000). Now try the same with miles and feet... I even have trouble remembering the factor.

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