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OAC_Sparky,May 30 2006, 10:00 AM Wrote:1 square kilometer, about 2.5 acres. That's the only way I can picture it.
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May I correct you? Being borne and raised in a metric country, I still have difficulties figuring out how much area 1 acre is; however, 1 hectare is exactly 100m x 100m which makes it 10,000 m². So, it is not quite a square kilometre B)
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You guys are awesome, for all your asnwers are brief but to the point. If the number of surveyed people will get to 30, I can use the normal distribution formula.
A couple of words about myself. As I said I was borne in a fully metric country (since 1923) and lived there for 18 years. Naturally, anything besides metric was not known to me. After I moved to the USA, I managed to adopt to some of the SAE units whilst retaining the other. Here is where I stand with respect to both systems:
a. Short distance? [metres only, but I use feet & inches to measure my own height]
b. Long distance? [miles only]
c. Temperature? [Celcius and Farenheit equally]
d. Volume? [Litres and maybe gallons]
e. Mass? [kg and grammes, but I use pounds to measure my own weight]
f. Land area? [hectare only]
I installed the metric (only) face gauges in my Focus, so that I can learn how 120 km/h feels like. Having learnt driving in the USA, I unfortunately have a little idea what a kilometre is. I guess, it is time to revive the metric system in my head :rolleyes:
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[*]Short distance? feet
[*]Long distance? km
[*]Temperature? Farenheit
[*]Volume? Litres
[*]Mass? pounds/oz
[*]Land area? acres
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microbunny,May 31 2006, 01:59 AM Wrote:[*]Short distance? feet
[*]Long distance? km
[*]Temperature? Farenheit
[*]Volume? Litres
[*]Mass? pounds/oz[*]Land area? acres
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I kinda figured you'd say grams and ounces ......am I rite?!?
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