Why is there different conversion types?? all these inches, centimeters, cellcius and fahrenheit confuse me. Whats the point of them?
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Daniela_15
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They are used to separate the intelligent life on this planet from pointless life forms. ;-)
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Inches and Fahrenheit were developed a long time ago in Europe based on readily available references. The Metric system was developed to be easy to use, very precise, and to get everyone to use the same units, and their plan has worked almost perfectly, except for the fact that three countries were too stubborn to convert.
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Inches were developed as a means for measure. Back when they were first developed there was no real way to define a specific distance compared to that of the circumference of the earth (as meters are defined) therefore an almost random number was chosen. Meters is a modern French method of measurement. It makes MUCH more sense than feet and inches as it is based on the decimal system, which is what we count in! A similar thing goes for Fahrenheit, it makes no sense now, but that is only becuase we now have Centigrade which makes perfect sense, based on the decimal system also, with zero being at the freezing point of water and 100 being the boiling point. However, Kelvin makes even more sense! It keeps to the scale of Centigrade (ie 100 degrees between boiling and freezing points of water) but places 0 at the coldest temperature possible (-275.15C). However, Celsius makes more sense on an everyday point of view. Imagine saying 300 degrees instead of 25.
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I wish the US would get on the metric system, it just makes more sense. It would really suck for about 10 years, then we would be on the same page as the rest of the world. I also think we should all use the celcius temp system, it makes way mroe sense than F.
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Every standard measurement has its own benefit. For example, Fahrenheit is more accurate than Celsius because it has more graduation in volume than that in Celsius. Hence, it is more accurate in describing the temperature. The reverse goes well for the inches and centimeters.
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