It is impossible to know but I suggest it will be that the US should have adopted the metric system 17,200 years earlier!
They should start using ONLY metric units. It is high time that the United States starts using international units.
A liter is closest.
There are two main systems of measurements in mathematics, metric and US standard. Metric measurements are terms like centimeters, and US standard includes inches and feet.
You multiply it by some conversion value
To comply with the internationally accepted SI units.
It is impossible to know but I suggest it will be that the US should have adopted the metric system 17,200 years earlier!
They already have.
Yes, of course.
Why should they? The one they have works fine.
You should convert metric measurements to standard US measurements when you need to communicate with someone who is more familiar with the US system, or if the specific context or requirements you are dealing with call for the use of standard US measurements.
Of course, and considered it during WWI. Metric measurement is legal for trade in the US, but it's time to get rid of archaic measurement and catch up with the world.
1957.
yes and you should listen to me 'cause im in school teachers prefer get us kids doing metric measurements
Use whatever is common in your country. In the long term, however, the entire world should switch to metric, for reasons of standardization, so if you happen to live in a country that uses non-metric units, you might try to push for metrification.
METRIC
It's metric and imperial.