12 INCHES
12
12.
The term linear foot just means that you are measuring in a straight line. It's still the same length, a linear foot is a foot, 12 inches.
There are 12 inches per 1 linear foot.
12 INCHES
12
12.
The term linear foot just means that you are measuring in a straight line. It's still the same length, a linear foot is a foot, 12 inches.
There are 12 inches per 1 linear foot.
Each foot has 12 inches and is more correctly referred to as a LINEAR foot. LINEAL is used when speaking of ancestry or heredity.
Each square foot contains 144 square inches; note that one linear foot equals 12 inches.
The two units are incompatible. Inches is a linear measurement, square foot is for area.
This compares a linear measurement to a volumetric measurement. A foot is 12 inches and a cubic foot is 12 inches long x 12 inches wide x 12 inches high.
Linear means in a line. Therefore, one linear foot is just 12 inches measured along a straight line.
12 "linear" inches is one foot. The inch is a linear measurement, so the adjective is unnecessary.
You don't need to. 12" is 1 linear foot.