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Why is 1 meter expressed as Feet and Inches in decimals and not fractions of feet and inches?
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∙ 14y ago
when we convert meters into feet and Inches the resulting number (it is actually a irrational number) cannot be expressed as a fraction ob inches so it is left as a decimal number to the accuracy we desire.
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∙ 14y ago
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