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Which system is better? Imperial or Metric?
- Thread starter Alolan_Apples
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ali.di.magix
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I'm surprised by the amount of Americans who believe that metric is better. I wouldn't have called that. I would've expected people to vote for the system they're used to, because it would make more sense to them which is understandable.
But you are right, it isn't necessary for everyone to use the same units. Carrying on from Stalfos's point, it's about understanding the different systems and being able to convert between the two when necessary. It's very important in science and engineering to know how to convert between different units, probably more so in engineering. You have to be able to express your answers in different units since not everyone in the world uses the same types of units. In science, you may be given data that you'd have to convert units to make it more convenient, or for whatever reason. In engineering, you may be given something in imperial units but the equipment needed might be given in metric or vice versa. I've fallen into the trap before when my lecturers have told us that you need to know how to convert between the two and I didn't take them seriously, until I came to the final exam and everything was in imperial units. So understanding and knowing these units is so important.
nintendofan85
Good grief.
AFAIK, no countries besides the US use customary units.
