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Why do you suppose there is not just one system of measurement?
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Because the need for measurement is universal and it developed in different ways in primitive cultures. It is only later, with interregional, and then international trade that there was a need for a single system.
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What system of measurement is one foot?
Feet and inches are part of the Imperial measurement system.
What is the international system of measurement and why is it used?
The metric system is used by scientists because it is based on factors of ten. This makes it easy to convert from one unit of measurement to another.
What is absolute measurement approach?
This question makes no sense. An absolute measurement cannot approach anything as it is just one measurement that measures the exact thing that it is measuring.
What are the two systems of measurement commonly used in the world?
The system of measurement commonly used in most of the world is the SI or Metric system. Aside from that one, there are various others that are used in small areas by relatively few people. One of those is the "English" system, used in Burma, Liberia, and the USA.
Why the metric system called a decimal system of measurement?
A decimal number is a way of representing a number in such a way that the place value of each digit is ten times that of the digit to its right. Measurement units in the metric system are related to one another by multiples of powers of ten (or 1000).
What system of measurement is one foot?
Feet and inches are part of the Imperial measurement system.
Who discovered Newtons?
No one discovered them, they are derived units in the SI system of measurement. The newton is a "unit of measure", so it was defined/invented as part of the System Internationale measurement system, begin in 1960.
What is the international system of measurement and why is it used?
The metric system is used by scientists because it is based on factors of ten. This makes it easy to convert from one unit of measurement to another.
What is a measurement in the metric system that equals one hundred square meters?
1 are
What is a metric system?
The metric system is based on joining one of a series of prefixes, including kilo-, hecto-, deka-, deci-, centi-, and milli-, with a base unit of measurement, such as meter, liter, or gram.
What is absolute measurement approach?
This question makes no sense. An absolute measurement cannot approach anything as it is just one measurement that measures the exact thing that it is measuring.
What source provides measurement for just one location?
weahter ballon
How do you convert steradians into radian?
You do not convert. STERADIAN is a two dimensioal measurement RADIAN is a one dimensional measurement. Just as you cannot convert area into degrees (of angular measurement)
What are the two systems of measurement commonly used in the world?
The system of measurement commonly used in most of the world is the SI or Metric system. Aside from that one, there are various others that are used in small areas by relatively few people. One of those is the "English" system, used in Burma, Liberia, and the USA.
What is half of 3.6oz?
To calculate one-half of any number or measurement, just divide this number or measurement by 2.
How do you use trouser in a sentence?
I suppose that a trouser is just one leg of a pair of trousers
Why did scientists agree to use one system of mesurement?
so they could readily interpret one another measurement------novanet
