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Why? Those are both close enough for the intended purpose. 20 yards would be too imprecise, and 19 yards 24 inches is too wordy...

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18 meters is the approximation. 19.5 yards implies more precision in the measurement than is appropriate.

The original data has two significant figures, but the imperial conversion has three.

19 yards 18 inches? Did the yard become larger overnight to 48 inches instead of 36?

I think we can all agree that imperial units are stupid.

The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size. But yes, remembering if there are 36 vs 48 of them in a measure vs increments of 10 is the silliest part to me.

>The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size

Is that why there are 3 feet in a yard, 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, and 231 cubic inches in a gallon?

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