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minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoIn the US trades, every measurement is expressed in ft/in, with fractions by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 as they’re expressed on a standard US tape measure. No one uses 5ths, 10ths, 3rds, etc.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agofrankly, using predetermined denominators only seems marginally better to me it makes me wonder who decided that 32 3/8 in was more readable than 32.375 in
In the US trades, every measurement is expressed in ft/in, with fractions by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 as they’re expressed on a standard US tape measure. No one uses 5ths, 10ths, 3rds, etc.
frankly, using predetermined denominators only seems marginally better to me
it makes me wonder who decided that
32 3/8 inwas more readable than32.375 in